diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index cf5542d..a9e6b84 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -62,45 +62,13 @@
 
 #tests
 tests/testsuite.dir
-tests/bsc-nat/bsc_nat_test
-tests/bsc-nat-trie/bsc_nat_trie_test
-tests/channel/channel_test
-tests/db/db_test
-tests/debug/debug_test
-tests/gsm0408/gsm0408_test
-tests/mgcp/mgcp_test
-tests/sccp/sccp_test
-tests/sms/sms_test
-tests/timer/timer_test
-tests/gprs/gprs_test
-tests/gbproxy/gbproxy_test
-tests/abis/abis_test
-tests/si/si_test
-tests/smpp/smpp_test
-tests/bsc/bsc_test
-tests/trau/trau_test
-tests/mgcp/mgcp_transcoding_test
-tests/sgsn/sgsn_test
-tests/subscr/subscr_test
-tests/subscr/bsc_subscr_test
-tests/oap/oap_test
-tests/gtphub/gtphub_test
-tests/mm_auth/mm_auth_test
-tests/xid/xid_test
-tests/sndcp_xid/sndcp_xid_test
-tests/slhc/slhc_test
-tests/v42bis/v42bis_test
-tests/nanobts_omlattr/nanobts_omlattr_test
-tests/oap/oap_client_test
-tests/msc_vlr/msc_vlr_test_no_authen
-tests/msc_vlr/msc_vlr_test_gsm_authen
-tests/msc_vlr/msc_vlr_test_gsm_ciph
-tests/msc_vlr/msc_vlr_test_umts_authen
-tests/msc_vlr/msc_vlr_test_hlr_reject
-tests/msc_vlr/msc_vlr_test_hlr_timeout
-tests/msc_vlr/msc_vlr_test_ms_timeout
-tests/msc_vlr/msc_vlr_test_reject_concurrency
-tests/msc_vlr/msc_vlr_test_rest
+tests/*/*_test
+# ignore compiled binaries like msc_vlr_test_foo; do not ignore
+# msc_vlr_test_foo.{c,ok,err}, but do still ignore the corresponding .o object
+# files:
+tests/msc_vlr/msc_vlr_test_*
+!tests/msc_vlr/msc_vlr_test_*.*
+tests/msc_vlr/msc_vlr_test_*.o
 
 
 tests/atconfig