diff --git a/.Rbuildignore b/.Rbuildignore
index 91114bf..b24ee06 100644
--- a/.Rbuildignore
+++ b/.Rbuildignore
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
 ^.*\.Rproj$
 ^\.Rproj\.user$
+^README\.md$
+^README\.Rmd$
+^README_figs$
\ No newline at end of file