diff --git a/.Rbuildignore b/.Rbuildignore
index 992364f4..27e62f78 100644
--- a/.Rbuildignore
+++ b/.Rbuildignore
@@ -3,3 +3,5 @@ LICENSE
 ^\.travis\.yml$
 ^travis-tool\.sh
 ^appveyor\.yml$
+^Makefile$
+