diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b57addfccc9..2d82e0d943c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -22,3 +22,4 @@ NashornProfile.txt
 /.cache
 /.gdbinit
 /.lldbinit
+**/core.[0-9]*
diff --git a/make/conf/jib-profiles.js b/make/conf/jib-profiles.js
index 397e75968e4..41da3833293 100644
--- a/make/conf/jib-profiles.js
+++ b/make/conf/jib-profiles.js
@@ -207,7 +207,8 @@ var getJibProfiles = function (input) {
     // Exclude list to use when Jib creates a source bundle
     data.src_bundle_excludes = [
         "build", "{,**/}webrev*", "{,**/}.hg", "{,**/}JTwork*", "{,**/}JTreport*",
-        "{,**/}.git"
+        "{,**/}.git",
+        "{,**/}core.[0-9]*"
     ];
     // Include list to use when creating a minimal jib source bundle which
     // contains just the jib configuration files.