diff --git a/.Rbuildignore b/.Rbuildignore
index 37f93f281..51ed23e6b 100644
--- a/.Rbuildignore
+++ b/.Rbuildignore
@@ -34,3 +34,4 @@ pkgdown
 ^pkgdown$
 ^revdeprefs\.yaml$
 ^revdep$
+^\.covrignore$