diff --git a/scrapy_webarchive/extensions.py b/scrapy_webarchive/extensions.py
index 104a569..2734c32 100644
--- a/scrapy_webarchive/extensions.py
+++ b/scrapy_webarchive/extensions.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ def __init__(self, settings: Settings, crawler: Crawler) -> None:
 
         self.store = self._get_store()
         self.writer = WarcFileWriter(collection_name=crawler.spider.name)
-        self.writer.write_warcinfo()
+        self.writer.write_warcinfo(robotstxt_obey=self.settings["ROBOTSTXT_OBEY"])
 
     @classmethod
     def from_crawler(cls, crawler: Crawler) -> Self:
diff --git a/scrapy_webarchive/warc.py b/scrapy_webarchive/warc.py
index bcdcf8c..b28aeed 100644
--- a/scrapy_webarchive/warc.py
+++ b/scrapy_webarchive/warc.py
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ def write_request(self, request: Request, concurrent_to: ArcWarcRecord):
         )
         return record
 
-    def write_warcinfo(self) -> None:
+    def write_warcinfo(self, robotstxt_obey: bool) -> None:
         """Write WARC-Type: warcinfo record"""
 
         content = {
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ def write_warcinfo(self) -> None:
             "format": "WARC file version 1.0",
             "conformsTo": "https://iipc.github.io/warc-specifications/specifications/warc-format/warc-1.0/",
             "isPartOf": self.collection_name,
-            "robots": "obey" if True else "ignore",
+            "robots": "obey" if robotstxt_obey else "ignore",
         }
 
         with open(self.warc_fname, "ab") as fh:
diff --git a/tests/test_warc.py b/tests/test_warc.py
index fd47376..a73d484 100644
--- a/tests/test_warc.py
+++ b/tests/test_warc.py
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ def test_write_warcinfo_record(self, fs):
         assert warcinfo == ''
 
         # Write warcinfo record and check output
-        wfw.write_warcinfo()
+        wfw.write_warcinfo(robotstxt_obey=True)
         warcinfo = gzip.open('/tmp/test.warc.gz', 'rb').read().decode()
         
         assert 'WARC/1.0' in warcinfo
@@ -80,3 +80,4 @@ def test_write_warcinfo_record(self, fs):
         assert 'WARC-Filename: /tmp/test.warc.gz' in warcinfo
         assert 'Content-Type: application/warc-fields' in warcinfo
         assert f'isPartOf: {collection_name}' in warcinfo
+        assert 'robots: obey' in warcinfo