diff --git a/.Rbuildignore b/.Rbuildignore
index 9815619f..68b12d0a 100644
--- a/.Rbuildignore
+++ b/.Rbuildignore
@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@ cran-comments.md
 ^doc$
 ^Meta$
 ^CRAN-SUBMISSION$
-
+^CONTRIBUTING.md