diff --git a/.Rbuildignore b/.Rbuildignore
index 562734ddfefe52648f5f9ae78301c5312baa780f..72dddf1559d6b5aec185d7c1242ce8893f6d95a5 100644
--- a/.Rbuildignore
+++ b/.Rbuildignore
@@ -2,3 +2,5 @@
 ^\.Rproj\.user$
 ^LICENSE\.md$
 ^cran-comments\.md$
+^README\.md$
+^NEWS\.md$