diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 833bab4dd..a6ace00ff 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ mrgsolve.Rcheck
 test.R
 *.o
 *.so
-*.Rproj
 Rchecks
 .Rproj.user
 .Rhistory
diff --git a/mrgsolve.Rproj b/mrgsolve.Rproj
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5206fe30d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mrgsolve.Rproj
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+Version: 1.0
+
+RestoreWorkspace: Default
+SaveWorkspace: Default
+AlwaysSaveHistory: Default
+
+EnableCodeIndexing: Yes
+UseSpacesForTab: Yes
+NumSpacesForTab: 2
+Encoding: UTF-8
+
+RnwWeave: knitr
+LaTeX: XeLaTeX
+
+BuildType: Package
+PackageInstallArgs: --no-multiarch --with-keep.source