diff --git a/Java.gitignore b/Java.gitignore
index 009ce166..32858aad 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*