diff --git a/regtest.py b/regtest.py
index c592dd1..954ceab 100755
--- a/regtest.py
+++ b/regtest.py
@@ -690,7 +690,7 @@ def test_suite(argv):
 
         # if it is a restart test, then rename the final output file and
         # restart the test
-        if test.return_code == 0 and test.restartTest:
+        if (test.ignore_return_code == 1 or test.return_code == 0) and test.restartTest:
             skip_restart = False
 
             last_file = test.get_compare_file(output_dir=output_dir)
@@ -752,14 +752,14 @@ def test_suite(argv):
         suite.log.log(f"Execution time: {test.wall_time:.3f} s")
 
         # Check for performance drop
-        if test.return_code == 0 and test.check_performance:
+        if (test.ignore_return_code == 1 or test.return_code == 0) and test.check_performance:
             test_performance(test, suite, runtimes)
 
         #----------------------------------------------------------------------
         # do the comparison
         #----------------------------------------------------------------------
         output_file = ""
-        if test.return_code == 0 and not test.selfTest:
+        if (test.ignore_return_code == 1 or test.return_code == 0) and not test.selfTest:
 
             if test.outputFile == "":
                 if test.compareFile == "":
@@ -969,7 +969,7 @@ def test_suite(argv):
             else:  # don't do a pltfile comparison
                 test.compare_successful = True
 
-        elif test.return_code == 0:   # selfTest
+        elif (test.ignore_return_code == 1 or test.return_code == 0):   # selfTest
 
             if args.make_benchmarks is None:
 
@@ -1002,7 +1002,7 @@ def test_suite(argv):
         #----------------------------------------------------------------------
         # do any requested visualization (2- and 3-d only) and analysis
         #----------------------------------------------------------------------
-        if test.return_code == 0 and not test.selfTest:
+        if (test.ignore_return_code == 1 or test.return_code == 0) and not test.selfTest:
             if output_file != "":
                 if args.make_benchmarks is None:
 
@@ -1107,7 +1107,7 @@ def test_suite(argv):
         # if the test ran and passed, add its runtime to the dictionary
         #----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-        if test.return_code == 0 and test.record_runtime(suite):
+        if (test.ignore_return_code == 1 or test.return_code == 0) and test.record_runtime(suite):
             test_dict = runtimes.setdefault(test.name, suite.timing_default)
             test_dict["runtimes"].insert(0, test.wall_time)
             test_dict["dates"].insert(0, suite.test_dir.rstrip("/"))
@@ -1168,7 +1168,7 @@ def test_suite(argv):
                     # analysis was not successful.  Reset the output image
                     test.analysisOutputImage = ""
 
-        elif test.return_code == 0:
+        elif test.ignore_return_code == 1 or test.return_code == 0:
             if test.doComparison:
                 shutil.copy(f"{test.name}.status", suite.full_web_dir)
 
diff --git a/suite.py b/suite.py
index 2927f68..5a5bd81 100644
--- a/suite.py
+++ b/suite.py
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ def __init__(self, name):
         self.run_as_script = ""
         self.script_args = ""
         self.return_code = None
+        self.ignore_return_code = 0
 
         self.restartTest = 0
         self.restartFileNum = -1
@@ -990,7 +991,7 @@ def run_test(self, test, base_command):
         test.return_code = ierr
 
         # Print compilation error message (useful for CI tests)
-        if test.return_code != 0 and self.verbose > 0:
+        if (test.ignore_return_code == 0 and test.return_code != 0) and self.verbose > 0:
             self.log.warn("Test stdout:")
             with open(f"{outfile}") as f:
                 print(f.read())