diff --git a/.Rbuildignore b/.Rbuildignore
index 754e9e1..faf414f 100644
--- a/.Rbuildignore
+++ b/.Rbuildignore
@@ -3,3 +3,5 @@
 ^Makefile$
 ^.travis.yml$
 ^appveyor.yml$
+^README.md$
+^NEWS.md$
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
new file mode 120000
index 0000000..01a4c82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+inst/NEWS.md
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
new file mode 120000
index 0000000..a104758
--- /dev/null
+++ b/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+inst/README.md
\ No newline at end of file