diff --git a/Scala.gitignore b/Scala.gitignore
index 9c07d4ae98846cc6160759718b195afc884ee605..7169cab19511ebdeabf9360c2aebc810432a75f0 100644
--- a/Scala.gitignore
+++ b/Scala.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
 *.class
 *.log
+
+# virtual machine crash logs, see http://www.java.com/en/download/help/error_hotspot.xml
+hs_err_pid*