diff --git a/tests/testthat/_snaps/use_lintr.md b/tests/testthat/_snaps/use_lintr.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..986f7c96b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/testthat/_snaps/use_lintr.md
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# use_lintr add .lintr to .Rbuildignore for packages
+
+    Code
+      cat(brio::read_file(file.path(tmp_package_dir, ".Rbuildignore")))
+    Output
+      ^lintr\.Rproj$
+      ^\.Rproj\.user$
+      ^\.lintr$
+
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-use_lintr.R b/tests/testthat/test-use_lintr.R
index db4eb7b60..a93227c0d 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-use_lintr.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-use_lintr.R
@@ -45,5 +45,5 @@ test_that("use_lintr add .lintr to .Rbuildignore for packages", {
   setwd(tmp_package_dir)
   lintr_file <- use_lintr()
   expect_true(file.exists(lintr_file))
-  expect_true("^\\.lintr$" %in% readLines(".Rbuildignore"))
+  expect_snapshot(cat(brio::read_file(file.path(tmp_package_dir, ".Rbuildignore"))))
 })