diff --git a/src/test/modules/test_cloexec/.gitignore b/src/test/modules/test_cloexec/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0234e9d8406
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/test_cloexec/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+/test_cloexec
+# Generated subdirectories
+/tmp_check/