diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 93d90cc3d..794f52e36 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -37,4 +37,3 @@ Make.dep
 .dirlinks
 .vscode
 .DS_Store
-testing/nist-sts/*
diff --git a/testing/nist-sts/.gitignore b/testing/nist-sts/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..16c0ab037
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testing/nist-sts/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/nist-sts
diff --git a/testing/superpi/.gitignore b/testing/superpi/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..976dcadef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testing/superpi/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/superpi