diff --git a/.Rbuildignore b/.Rbuildignore
index 1cdf29d..0381273 100644
--- a/.Rbuildignore
+++ b/.Rbuildignore
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 ^\.RData$
 ^\.Rhistory$
 ^\.Rproj\.user$
+^\.zenodo\.json$
 ^_pkgdown\.yml$
 ^_targets$
 ^_targets\.R$
diff --git a/.zenodo.json b/.zenodo.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..de37a52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.zenodo.json
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+{
+    "description": "", 
+    "license": "other-open", 
+    "title": "The jagstargets R package: a reproducible workflow framework for Bayesian data analysis with JAGS", 
+    "upload_type": "software", 
+    "creators": [
+        {
+            "name": "William Michael Landau",
+            "affiliation": "Eli Lilly and Company"
+        }
+    ], 
+    "access_right": "open"
+}