diff --git a/.Rbuildignore b/.Rbuildignore
index 89d19b03..42283e6f 100644
--- a/.Rbuildignore
+++ b/.Rbuildignore
@@ -47,3 +47,4 @@ data-raw/data.R
 ^pkgdown$
 ^revdeprefs\.yaml$
 ^revdep$
+^\.covrignore$