diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 85e988bef75c..6e4ffb35670a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -427,6 +427,7 @@ miktex*.zip
 
 # Files from interactive R sessions
 .Rproj.user
+**/.Rapp.history
 **/.Rhistory
 
 # Files generated by aspell
diff --git a/R-package/.Rbuildignore b/R-package/.Rbuildignore
index 7eb89dac330b..cd38121c4f9d 100644
--- a/R-package/.Rbuildignore
+++ b/R-package/.Rbuildignore
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ AUTOCONF_UBUNTU_VERSION
 ^docs/.*$
 ^.*\.dll
 \.gitkeep$
+^.*\.history
 ^Makefile$
 ^.*\.o
 ^.*\.out