diff --git a/.Rbuildignore b/.Rbuildignore
index 91114bf2f2bba5e0c5252e75018da19b869776f1..0670d54cf33395135f82d9d38a70f7288299b947 100644
--- a/.Rbuildignore
+++ b/.Rbuildignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 ^.*\.Rproj$
 ^\.Rproj\.user$
+^LICENSE$