diff --git a/README.Rmd b/README.Rmd
index 7966c43b..fef1527d 100644
--- a/README.Rmd
+++ b/README.Rmd
@@ -141,3 +141,5 @@ Please note that this project is released with a [Contributor Code of Conduct](C
 Development of `spatsoc` welcomes contribution of feature requests, bug reports and suggested improvements through the [issue board](https://gitlab.com/robit.a/spatsoc/issues). 
 
 See details in [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md). 
+
+[![ropensci_footer](https://ropensci.org/public_images/ropensci_footer.png)](https://ropensci.org)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 34649116..dff5a81c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -153,4 +153,7 @@ Development of `spatsoc` welcomes contribution of feature requests, bug
 reports and suggested improvements through the [issue
 board](https://gitlab.com/robit.a/spatsoc/issues).
 
-See details in [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md).
+See details in
+[CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md).
+
+[![ropensci\_footer](https://ropensci.org/public_images/ropensci_footer.png)](https://ropensci.org)