diff --git a/ext/testlib/configuration.py b/ext/testlib/configuration.py
index 48fd2a0754..1267c25b8a 100644
--- a/ext/testlib/configuration.py
+++ b/ext/testlib/configuration.py
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ def define_defaults(defaults):
     defaults.base_dir = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(absdirpath(__file__),
                                                       os.pardir,
                                                       os.pardir))
-    defaults.result_path = os.path.join(os.getcwd(), '.testing-results')
+    defaults.result_path = os.path.join(os.getcwd(), 'testing-results')
     defaults.resource_url = 'http://dist.gem5.org/dist/develop'
     defaults.resource_path = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(defaults.base_dir,
                                             'tests',
diff --git a/tests/.gitignore b/tests/.gitignore
index 6e620f5d30..44c98e6985 100644
--- a/tests/.gitignore
+++ b/tests/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-.testing-results
+testing-results
 gem5/resources