diff --git a/dev/.gitignore b/dev/.gitignore
index e93dfd3..23be433 100644
--- a/dev/.gitignore
+++ b/dev/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 test-output
+stdouterr
diff --git a/dev/testit b/dev/testit
index 9165171..bed50e6 100755
--- a/dev/testit
+++ b/dev/testit
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ if check_compilers; then
     if compile; then
 	if test "$@"; then
 	    echo "completed with exit code $?"
+	    ln -sfn "${oname}" "${project_root}/dev/stdouterr"
 	fi
     fi
 else