diff --git a/tests/.gitignore b/tests/.gitignore
index fb05c2ae87cd397194f7b18b64c5817fc2819083..d9c2ef4aae6df5e0a6e066d6d14baddf4854ef72 100644
--- a/tests/.gitignore
+++ b/tests/.gitignore
@@ -19,3 +19,4 @@ test-thread-pool
 test-x86-cpuid
 test-xbzrle
 *-test
+qapi-schema/*.test.*
diff --git a/tests/Makefile b/tests/Makefile
index d0449080b123b66ed330e0eb301e3fc89bf6205e..ad98439f98c57c1711401ef55ab224e6f5d15241 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile
+++ b/tests/Makefile
@@ -247,10 +247,10 @@ check-tests/test-qapi.py: tests/test-qapi.py
 
 .PHONY: $(patsubst %, check-%, $(check-qapi-schema-y))
 $(patsubst %, check-%, $(check-qapi-schema-y)): check-%.json: $(SRC_PATH)/%.json
-	$(call quiet-command, PYTHONPATH=$(SRC_PATH)/scripts $(PYTHON) $(SRC_PATH)/tests/qapi-schema/test-qapi.py <$^ >$*.out 2>$*.err; echo $$? >$*.exit, "  TEST  $*.out")
-	@diff -q $(SRC_PATH)/$*.out $*.out
-	@diff -q $(SRC_PATH)/$*.err $*.err
-	@diff -q $(SRC_PATH)/$*.exit $*.exit
+	$(call quiet-command, PYTHONPATH=$(SRC_PATH)/scripts $(PYTHON) $(SRC_PATH)/tests/qapi-schema/test-qapi.py <$^ >$*.test.out 2>$*.test.err; echo $$? >$*.test.exit, "  TEST  $*.out")
+	@diff -q $(SRC_PATH)/$*.out $*.test.out
+	@diff -q $(SRC_PATH)/$*.err $*.test.err
+	@diff -q $(SRC_PATH)/$*.exit $*.test.exit
 
 # Consolidated targets