diff --git a/.Rbuildignore b/.Rbuildignore
index 6a5dadb..b614d7e 100644
--- a/.Rbuildignore
+++ b/.Rbuildignore
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@
 ^_pkgdown\.yml$
 ^\.travis\.yml$
 ^appveyor\.yml$
+^\.zenodo\.json$
diff --git a/.zenodo.json b/.zenodo.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3fef182
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.zenodo.json
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{
+    "title": "watina: an R package for querying and processing data from the INBO Watina database",
+    "description": "R package for querying and processing data from the INBO Watina database (mainly groundwater data). URL: <a href=\"https://inbo.github.io/watina\">https://inbo.github.io/watina</a>.",
+    "license": "other-open",
+    "upload_type": "software",
+    "access_right": "open",
+    "version": "0.2.5",
+    "creators": [
+        {
+            "name": "Vanderhaeghe, Floris",
+            "affiliation": "Research Institute for Nature and Forest",
+            "orcid": "0000-0002-6378-6229"
+        }
+    ]
+}