diff --git a/.build_package.R b/.build_package.R
index c529fb7478a0ebde9feaa583cc1fe87dba902709..d1bfd307b39ba5cd55317aa80ee932c85a437d2e 100755
--- a/.build_package.R
+++ b/.build_package.R
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ load_all()
 ls("package:MRDCr")
 packageVersion("MRDCr")
 
+#--------------------------------------------
+# Ignora check de caracteres non-ASCII nos datasets
+Sys.setenv(`_R_CHECK_ASCII_DATA_` = "FALSE")
+
 #--------------------------------------------
 # Produzir a documentação dos objetos.