diff --git a/R/pkg/DESCRIPTION b/R/pkg/DESCRIPTION
index d1c846c048274..6d46c31906260 100644
--- a/R/pkg/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/R/pkg/DESCRIPTION
@@ -59,3 +59,4 @@ Collate:
     'window.R'
 RoxygenNote: 5.0.1
 VignetteBuilder: knitr
+NeedsCompilation: no