diff --git a/.Rbuildignore b/.Rbuildignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dc8818b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.Rbuildignore
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+^README.md
+^docs
+^.*\.Rproj$
+^\.Rproj\.user$
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 662a060..022a232 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-.Rbuildignore
 .Rproj.user
 .DS_Store
 hciR.Rproj