diff --git a/.Rbuildignore b/.Rbuildignore
index 176a7bda3..e3b6b2c1a 100644
--- a/.Rbuildignore
+++ b/.Rbuildignore
@@ -27,3 +27,4 @@ RELEASE.md
 ^\.clang-format$
 ^\.ccache$
 ^revdep$
+^\.git$