diff --git a/.Rbuildignore b/.Rbuildignore
index ccf8d3f2..c4c09743 100644
--- a/.Rbuildignore
+++ b/.Rbuildignore
@@ -43,3 +43,4 @@ src\/RCS
 ^\.gitpod\.yml$
 ^\.gitpod\.Dockerfile$
 ^CMakeLists\.txt$
+^build$