diff --git a/.Rbuildignore b/.Rbuildignore
index aa82238..10777a3 100644
--- a/.Rbuildignore
+++ b/.Rbuildignore
@@ -7,3 +7,5 @@ Makefile
 inst/stuff/
 ^appveyor\.yml$
 *.png
+^.*\.Rproj$
+^\.Rproj\.user$
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c901969..29a5ac4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 .Rhistory
-.DS_Store
\ No newline at end of file
+.DS_Store
+.Rproj.user
diff --git a/rorcid.Rproj b/rorcid.Rproj
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4a4e498
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rorcid.Rproj
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+Version: 1.0
+
+RestoreWorkspace: Default
+SaveWorkspace: Default
+AlwaysSaveHistory: Default
+
+EnableCodeIndexing: Yes
+UseSpacesForTab: Yes
+NumSpacesForTab: 2
+Encoding: UTF-8
+
+RnwWeave: knitr
+LaTeX: pdfLaTeX
+
+AutoAppendNewline: Yes
+
+BuildType: Package
+PackageUseDevtools: Yes
+PackageInstallArgs: --no-multiarch --with-keep.source