diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b13ff3fc1295c41ec909484e61fbd213f13182db..aeaced328ff6ec4689c8bec6005b70369aa15fb5 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #for docs and setup.py outputs
 build/
 tresults*/
+test_results*/
 # test cache
 gwinc/test/cache
 test/*/*.h5