diff --git a/.Rbuildignore b/.Rbuildignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2b8138c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.Rbuildignore
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+^.*\.Rproj$
+^\.Rproj\.user$
+^tests/testthat\.R$
+^interactive_testing\.Rmd$
+^LICENSE\.md$
+^\.github