diff --git a/acceptance/acceptance_test.go b/acceptance/acceptance_test.go
index 066a84299..afdc42abc 100644
--- a/acceptance/acceptance_test.go
+++ b/acceptance/acceptance_test.go
@@ -390,6 +390,9 @@ func runTest(t *testing.T, dir, coverDir string, repls testdiff.ReplacementsCont
 		if _, ok := Ignored[relPath]; ok {
 			continue
 		}
+		if config.CompiledIgnoreObject.MatchesPath(relPath) {
+			continue
+		}
 		unexpected = append(unexpected, relPath)
 		if strings.HasPrefix(relPath, "out") {
 			// We have a new file starting with "out"
diff --git a/acceptance/config_test.go b/acceptance/config_test.go
index 4edfee69d..cc5257c65 100644
--- a/acceptance/config_test.go
+++ b/acceptance/config_test.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/BurntSushi/toml"
 	"github.com/databricks/cli/libs/testdiff"
 	"github.com/databricks/cli/libs/testserver"
+	ignore "github.com/sabhiram/go-gitignore"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
 
@@ -51,6 +52,11 @@ type TestConfig struct {
 
 	// List of request headers to include when recording requests.
 	IncludeRequestHeaders []string
+
+	// List of gitignore patterns to ignore when checking output files
+	Ignore []string
+
+	CompiledIgnoreObject *ignore.GitIgnore
 }
 
 type ServerStub struct {
@@ -111,6 +117,8 @@ func LoadConfig(t *testing.T, dir string) (TestConfig, string) {
 		}
 	}
 
+	result.CompiledIgnoreObject = ignore.CompileIgnoreLines(result.Ignore...)
+
 	return result, strings.Join(configs, ", ")
 }
 
diff --git a/acceptance/selftest/basic/script b/acceptance/selftest/basic/script
index bccf30e71..a3ec98402 100644
--- a/acceptance/selftest/basic/script
+++ b/acceptance/selftest/basic/script
@@ -27,3 +27,7 @@ echo 123456
 
 printf "\n=== Testing --version"
 trace $CLI --version
+
+touch ignored_file.txt
+mkdir ignored_dir
+touch ignored_dir/hello.txt
diff --git a/acceptance/selftest/basic/test.toml b/acceptance/selftest/basic/test.toml
index 762e28ceb..3ca3d9255 100644
--- a/acceptance/selftest/basic/test.toml
+++ b/acceptance/selftest/basic/test.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # Badness = "Brief description of what's wrong with the test output, if anything"
 
+Ignore = ['ignore*']
+
+
 #[GOOS]
 # Disable on Windows
 #windows = false