diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 13ec87692..79550f93d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 # whitelist only the files that ever need to be tracked
 !*.f90
 !*.sh
+swiftest_driver.sh
 !CMakeLists.txt
 !*.cmake
 !COPYING.txt