diff --git a/.Rbuildignore b/.Rbuildignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ac1b2b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.Rbuildignore
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+^.*\.Rproj$
+^\.Rproj\.user$
+^\.httr-oauth$
+^\.travis\.yml$
+^CONTRIBUTING\.md$
+^cran-comments\.md$
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6f21553..27dbb20 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,6 +5,5 @@
 drat.sh
 .httr-oauth
 .httr-oauth-SUSPENDED
-.Rbuildignore
 inst/doc
 *.Rproj