diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 87c5006457e..8fbbddbc538 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 # Local overrides--you can use this to change the config for your dev environment (like setting up SQL) without worrying about committing it
 /config/dev_overrides.txt
+/code/_dev_compile_options.dm
 
 #Ignore everything in datafolder and subdirectories
 /data/**/*
diff --git a/code/_dev_compile_options.dm b/code/_dev_compile_options.dm
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a2fe246cc24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/code/_dev_compile_options.dm
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+// You can add here compile options without worrying about committing them.
+
+
+// #define TESTING
diff --git a/tgstation.dme b/tgstation.dme
index 2bda46fd7af..678641cf1ed 100644
--- a/tgstation.dme
+++ b/tgstation.dme
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include "_maps\_basemap.dm"
 #include "code\__byond_version_compat.dm"
 #include "code\_compile_options.dm"
+#include "code\_dev_compile_options.dm"
 #include "code\_experiments.dm"
 #include "code\world.dm"
 #include "code\__DEFINES\__globals.dm"