diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8aa7c1f976..f67c611db7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -24,3 +24,6 @@ src/xml-fortran/xmlreader
 
 # Modules built from XML templates
 src/templates/*.f90
+
+# Test results error file
+results_error.dat
\ No newline at end of file