diff --git a/src/reuse/__init__.py b/src/reuse/__init__.py
index 7b98506c0..afd55efc0 100644
--- a/src/reuse/__init__.py
+++ b/src/reuse/__init__.py
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@
     re.compile(r"^\.gitkeep$"),
     re.compile(r"^\.hgtags$"),
     re.compile(r".*\.license$"),
+    re.compile(r"^REUSE\.toml$"),
     # Workaround for https://github.com/fsfe/reuse-tool/issues/229
     re.compile(r"^CAL-1.0(-Combined-Work-Exception)?(\..+)?$"),
     re.compile(r"^SHL-2.1(\..+)?$"),
diff --git a/tests/resources/REUSE.toml b/tests/resources/REUSE.toml
index 6c2f15e5b..8aa7ebaf9 100644
--- a/tests/resources/REUSE.toml
+++ b/tests/resources/REUSE.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2017 Jane Doe
-#
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: CC0-1.0
-
 version = 1
 
 [[annotations]]
diff --git a/tests/test_project.py b/tests/test_project.py
index 0041466ea..c7744eac8 100644
--- a/tests/test_project.py
+++ b/tests/test_project.py
@@ -274,6 +274,13 @@ def test_all_files_pijul_ignored_contains_newline(pijul_repository):
     assert Path("hello\nworld.pyc").absolute() not in project.all_files()
 
 
+def test_all_files_reuse_toml_ignored(empty_directory):
+    """REUSE.toml is ignored."""
+    (empty_directory / "REUSE.toml").write_text("version = 1")
+    project = Project.from_directory(empty_directory)
+    assert not list(project.all_files())
+
+
 def test_reuse_info_of_file_does_not_exist(fake_repository):
     """Raise FileNotFoundError when asking for the REUSE info of a file that
     does not exist.