diff --git a/.Rbuildignore b/.Rbuildignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e7f8360
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.Rbuildignore
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+^.*\.Rproj$
+^\.Rproj\.user$
+^appveyor\.yml$
+^docs$
+^_pkgdown\.yml$
+^.*\.Rproj$
+^\.Rproj\.user$
+^README\.Rmd$
+^README-.*\.png$
+.travis.yml
+^pkgdown$
+^doc$
+cran-comments.md
+TODO.R
+TO_DO
+^revdep$
+^\.github$
+.DS_Store
+^reconf\.sh$
+^rjd3toolkit-java-deps\.xml$
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index af992a6..f87d9b5 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 .Rproj.user
-.Rbuildignore
 .Rhistory
 .RData
 .Ruserdata