diff --git a/.Rbuildignore b/.Rbuildignore
index ffbce2b1..4f866818 100644
--- a/.Rbuildignore
+++ b/.Rbuildignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+^CODE_OF_CONDUCT\.md$
 ^\.github$
 ^Meta$
 ^doc$
@@ -9,14 +10,12 @@
 # rstudio
 ^.*\.Rproj$
 ^\.Rproj\.user$
-
 # CI
 ^\.travis.yml
 ^appveyor\.yml$
 ^codecov\.yml$
 ^\.lintr
 inst/.lintr$
-
 # pkgdown
 ^docs$
 ^pkgdown$
diff --git a/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md b/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..24aa0a3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# Contributor Code of Conduct
+
+As contributors and maintainers of this project, we pledge to respect all people who 
+contribute through reporting issues, posting feature requests, updating documentation,
+submitting pull requests or patches, and other activities.
+
+We are committed to making participation in this project a harassment-free experience for
+everyone, regardless of level of experience, gender, gender identity and expression,
+sexual orientation, disability, personal appearance, body size, race, ethnicity, age, or religion.
+
+Examples of unacceptable behavior by participants include the use of sexual language or
+imagery, derogatory comments or personal attacks, trolling, public or private harassment,
+insults, or other unprofessional conduct.
+
+Project maintainers have the right and responsibility to remove, edit, or reject comments,
+commits, code, wiki edits, issues, and other contributions that are not aligned to this 
+Code of Conduct. Project maintainers who do not follow the Code of Conduct may be removed 
+from the project team.
+
+Instances of abusive, harassing, or otherwise unacceptable behavior may be reported by 
+opening an issue or contacting one or more of the project maintainers.
+
+This Code of Conduct is adapted from the Contributor Covenant 
+(http://contributor-covenant.org), version 1.0.0, available at 
+http://contributor-covenant.org/version/1/0/0/
diff --git a/README.Rmd b/README.Rmd
index 22a189a8..7f56218d 100644
--- a/README.Rmd
+++ b/README.Rmd
@@ -122,6 +122,10 @@ The original version of osfr was developed by [Chris Chartgerink][chris] and fur
 
 Big thanks to Rusty Speidel for designing our logo and [Tim Errington][tim] for his feedback during development.
 
+## Contributing
+
+Check out the [Contributing Guidelines](.github/CONTRIBUTING.md) to get started with osfr development and note that by contributing to this project, you agree to abide by the terms outlined in the [Contributor Code of Conduct](CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md).
+
 <!-- links -->
 [osf]: https://osf.io "Open Science Framework"
 [cos]: https://cos.io "Center for Open Science"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6e79a956..96c89b7f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -194,4 +194,11 @@ Big thanks to Rusty Speidel for designing our logo and [Tim
 Errington](https://github.com/timerrington) for his feedback during
 development.
 
+## Contributing
+
+Check out the [Contributing Guidelines](.github/CONTRIBUTING.md) to get
+started with osfr development and note that by contributing to this
+project, you agree to abide by the terms outlined in the [Contributor
+Code of Conduct](CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md).
+
 <!-- links -->