diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c6ff68d..304f55d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ rust-agentic-task.md
 tasks/artifacts/*
 
 *.stderr
+!*/tests/compile_fail/*.stderr  # trybuild compile-fail expected outputs are tracked with the tests
 
 verify/
 reviews/