diff --git a/.Rbuildignore b/.Rbuildignore
index b92b5d64..6da9b819 100644
--- a/.Rbuildignore
+++ b/.Rbuildignore
@@ -17,3 +17,4 @@ img
 ^index\.Rmd$
 ^Meta$
 ^CRAN-SUBMISSION$
+^CONTRIBUTING\.md$