diff --git a/.Rbuildignore b/.Rbuildignore
index 060a29f..4aa03a6 100644
--- a/.Rbuildignore
+++ b/.Rbuildignore
@@ -14,3 +14,4 @@
 ^LICENSE\.md$
 ^srcjs$
 ^token\.rds$
+^\.lintr$
diff --git a/.lintr b/.lintr
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3d4eb22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.lintr
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+linters: linters_with_defaults() # see vignette("lintr")
+encoding: "UTF-8"