diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/nci/.gitignore b/tools/testing/selftests/nci/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..448eeb4590fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/nci/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/nci_dev