diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f0a9bbd..97f97be 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-valtools.Rproj
 .Rproj.user
 .Rhistory
 inst/doc
diff --git a/valtools.Rproj b/valtools.Rproj
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..21a4da0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/valtools.Rproj
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+Version: 1.0
+
+RestoreWorkspace: Default
+SaveWorkspace: Default
+AlwaysSaveHistory: Default
+
+EnableCodeIndexing: Yes
+UseSpacesForTab: Yes
+NumSpacesForTab: 2
+Encoding: UTF-8
+
+RnwWeave: Sweave
+LaTeX: pdfLaTeX
+
+BuildType: Package
+PackageUseDevtools: Yes
+PackageInstallArgs: --no-multiarch --with-keep.source