diff --git a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/r/Rbuildignore.mustache b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/r/Rbuildignore.mustache
index d2835cda099..10cdec0cd66 100644
--- a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/r/Rbuildignore.mustache
+++ b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/r/Rbuildignore.mustache
@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@
 ^\.travis\.yml$
 ^\.openapi-generator$
 ^docs$
-^git_push\.sh$
\ No newline at end of file
+^git_push\.sh$
+^README\.md$
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/samples/client/petstore/R/.Rbuildignore b/samples/client/petstore/R/.Rbuildignore
index d2835cda099..10cdec0cd66 100644
--- a/samples/client/petstore/R/.Rbuildignore
+++ b/samples/client/petstore/R/.Rbuildignore
@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@
 ^\.travis\.yml$
 ^\.openapi-generator$
 ^docs$
-^git_push\.sh$
\ No newline at end of file
+^git_push\.sh$
+^README\.md$
\ No newline at end of file