diff --git a/.Rbuildignore b/.Rbuildignore
index f20a453..631a189 100644
--- a/.Rbuildignore
+++ b/.Rbuildignore
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
 ^\.DS_Store$
 .*/\.DS_Store$
 .DS_Store$
-README_DEVELOPMENT.md
+^README_DEVELOPMENT\.md$
+^README\.md$
 LICENSE_FULL
 CHANGES
 \.travis\.yml