diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index d9de7e404..fcc25511a 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -36,10 +36,12 @@
 * `unnecessary_lambda_linter` is extended to encourage vectorized comparisons where possible, e.g. `sapply(x, sum) > 0` instead of `sapply(x, function(x) sum(x) > 0)` (part of #884, @MichaelChirico). Toggle this behavior with argument `allow_comparison`.
 * `backport_linter()` is slightly faster by moving expensive computations outside the linting function (#2339, #2348, @AshesITR and @MichaelChirico).
 * `Linter()` has a new argument `linter_level` (default `NA`). This is used by `lint()` to more efficiently check for expression levels than the idiom `if (!is_lint_level(...)) { return(list()) }` (#2351, @AshesITR).
+* `use_lintr()` adds the created `.lintr` file to the `.Rbuildignore` if run in a package (#1805, @MEO265).
 * `string_boundary_linter()` recognizes regular expression calls like `grepl("^abc$", x)` that can be replaced by using `==` instead (#1613, @MichaelChirico).
 * `unreachable_code_linter()` has an argument `allow_comment_regex` for customizing which "terminal" comments to exclude (#2327, @MichaelChirico). `# nolint end` comments are always excluded, as are {covr} exclusions (e.g. `# nocov end`) by default.
 * `format()` and `print()` methods for `lint` and `lints` classes get a new option `width` to control the printing width of lint messages (#1884, @MichaelChirico). The default is controlled by a new option `lintr.format_width`; if unset, no wrapping occurs (matching earlier behavior).
 
+
 ### New linters
 
 * `condition_call_linter()` for ensuring consistent use of `call.` in `warning()` and `stop()`. The default `call. = FALSE` follows the tidyverse guidance of not displaying the call (#2226, @Bisaloo)
diff --git a/R/use_lintr.R b/R/use_lintr.R
index 829adf3d7..d98eafa31 100644
--- a/R/use_lintr.R
+++ b/R/use_lintr.R
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #' Use lintr in your project
 #'
-#' Create a minimal lintr config file as a starting point for customization
+#' Create a minimal lintr config file as a starting point for customization and add it to the .Rbuildignore
 #'
 #' @param path Path to project root, where a `.lintr` file should be created.
 #' If the `.lintr` file already exists, an error will be thrown.
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 #'   lintr::lint_dir()
 #' }
 use_lintr <- function(path = ".", type = c("tidyverse", "full")) {
-  config_file <- normalizePath(file.path(path, lintr_option("linter_file")), mustWork = FALSE)
+  config_file <- normalizePath(file.path(path, lintr_option("linter_file")), mustWork = FALSE, winslash = "/")
   if (file.exists(config_file)) {
     stop("Found an existing configuration file at '", config_file, "'.", call. = FALSE)
   }
@@ -43,5 +43,37 @@ use_lintr <- function(path = ".", type = c("tidyverse", "full")) {
     )
   )
   write.dcf(the_config, config_file, width = Inf)
+
+  if (file.exists(file.path(path, "DESCRIPTION"))) {
+    # Some OS can only normalize a path if the associated file or folder exists, so the path needs to be re-normalized
+    tryCatch({
+      pkg_path <- normalizePath(path, mustWork = TRUE, winslash = "/")
+      config_file <- normalizePath(file.path(path, lintr_option("linter_file")), mustWork = TRUE, winslash = "/")
+    }, error = function(e) {
+      stop("No entry could be added to the .Rbuildignore.", call. = FALSE)
+    })
+    # Check if config_file is in package i.e. lintr_option("linter_file") != "../.lintr"
+    if (startsWith(config_file, prefix = pkg_path)) {
+      # Skip a extra character for the leading `/`
+      rel_path <- substring(config_file, first = nchar(pkg_path) + 2L, last = nchar(config_file))
+      ignore_path <- file.path(pkg_path, ".Rbuildignore")
+      if (!file.exists(ignore_path)) file.create(ignore_path)
+      # Follow the same procedure as base R to see if the file is already ignored
+      ignore <- tryCatch({
+        trimws(readLines(ignore_path))
+      }, warning = function(e) {
+        cat(file = ignore_path, "\n", append = TRUE)
+        trimws(readLines(ignore_path))
+      })
+      ignore <- ignore[nzchar(ignore)]
+      already_ignored <-
+        any(vapply(ignore, FUN = grepl, x = rel_path, perl = TRUE, ignore.case = TRUE, FUN.VALUE = logical(1L)))
+      if (!already_ignored) {
+        cat(file = ignore_path, rex::rex(start, rel_path, end), sep = "\n", append = TRUE)
+        message("Adding ", rel_path, " to .Rbuildignore")
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
   invisible(config_file)
 }
diff --git a/man/use_lintr.Rd b/man/use_lintr.Rd
index 701e1042c..a1497bc91 100644
--- a/man/use_lintr.Rd
+++ b/man/use_lintr.Rd
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ These are suitable for following \href{https://style.tidyverse.org/}{the tidyver
 Path to the generated configuration, invisibly.
 }
 \description{
-Create a minimal lintr config file as a starting point for customization
+Create a minimal lintr config file as a starting point for customization and add it to the .Rbuildignore
 }
 \examples{
 if (FALSE) {
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-use_lintr.R b/tests/testthat/test-use_lintr.R
index 68e089322..9a5b5a99c 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-use_lintr.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-use_lintr.R
@@ -35,3 +35,56 @@ test_that("use_lintr with type = full also works", {
   lints <- lint_dir(tmp)
   expect_length(lints, 0L)
 })
+
+test_that("No .Rbuildignore is created of packages", {
+  tmp <- withr::local_tempdir()
+
+  lintr_file <- use_lintr(path = tmp, type = "full")
+  expect_false(file.exists(file.path(tmp, ".Rbuildignore")))
+})
+
+test_that("No .Rbuildignore is filled outside of packages", {
+  tmp <- withr::local_tempdir()
+  ignore <- file.path(tmp, ".Rbuildignore")
+  file.create(ignore)
+
+  lintr_file <- use_lintr(path = tmp, type = "full")
+  expect_identical(readLines(ignore), character())
+})
+
+test_that("No .Rbuildignore is filled if matching regex exists", {
+  tmp <- withr::local_tempdir()
+  file.create(file.path(tmp, "DESCRIPTION"))
+  ignore <- file.path(tmp, ".Rbuildignore")
+  file.create(ignore)
+  cat(file = ignore, ".*", sep = "\n")
+
+  lintr_file <- use_lintr(path = tmp, type = "full")
+  expect_identical(readLines(ignore), ".*")
+})
+
+test_that("use_lintr creates the correct regex", {
+  tmp <- withr::local_tempdir()
+  file.create(file.path(tmp, "DESCRIPTION"))
+  ignore <- file.path(tmp, ".Rbuildignore")
+  file.create(ignore)
+  cat(file = ignore, "^fu$", "^bar$", sep = "\n")
+
+  expect_message({
+    lintr_file <- use_lintr(path = tmp, type = "full")
+  }, regexp = "Adding .* to .Rbuildignore")
+  expect_identical(readLines(ignore), c("^fu$", "^bar$", "^\\.lintr$"))
+})
+
+test_that("use_lintr handles missing final new line", {
+  tmp <- withr::local_tempdir()
+  file.create(file.path(tmp, "DESCRIPTION"))
+  ignore <- file.path(tmp, ".Rbuildignore")
+  file.create(ignore)
+  cat(file = ignore, "^fu$\n^bar$")
+
+  expect_message({
+    lintr_file <- use_lintr(path = tmp, type = "full")
+  }, regexp = "Adding .* to .Rbuildignore")
+  expect_identical(readLines(ignore), c("^fu$", "^bar$", "^\\.lintr$"))
+})