diff --git a/.Rbuildignore b/.Rbuildignore
index 1e5e0e2a..dfc59e82 100644
--- a/.Rbuildignore
+++ b/.Rbuildignore
@@ -29,3 +29,4 @@ R/connectedThresholdImage.R
 Dockerfile
 code_of_conduct.md
 ^data-raw$
+^Makefile$