diff --git a/Java.gitignore b/Java.gitignore
index 009ce166d029930f17b8909b9cd8faf68667fb3c..32858aad3c383ed1ff0a0f9bdf231d54a00c9e88 100644
--- a/Java.gitignore
+++ b/Java.gitignore
@@ -7,3 +7,6 @@
 *.jar
 *.war
 *.ear
+
+# virtual machine crash logs, see http://www.java.com/en/download/help/error_hotspot.xml
+hs_err_pid*