diff --git a/.Rbuildignore b/.Rbuildignore
index 7e91209ff4a78a4b675db7e8043e4af3bfeb6b8e..13ea85e502e7e07d4e4f771216bd13fc47b3805f 100644
--- a/.Rbuildignore
+++ b/.Rbuildignore
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 README.md
+README.Rmd
+VERSION
 Rplots.pdf
 contributing.md
 buildPkg.R