diff --git a/R/zzz.R b/R/zzz.R
index bc04a11..281bba6 100644
--- a/R/zzz.R
+++ b/R/zzz.R
@@ -4,5 +4,6 @@
   conflict_prefer("read_csv", "tbltools", "readr")
   conflict_prefer("write_csv", "tbltools", "readr")
   conflict_prefer("read_fst", "tbltools", "fst")
+  conflict_prefer("read_xls", "tbltools")
   conflict_prefer("filter", "dplyr", "stats")
 }