diff --git a/util/dvsim/dvsim.py b/util/dvsim/dvsim.py
index 7f2fdea..64e6e3e 100755
--- a/util/dvsim/dvsim.py
+++ b/util/dvsim/dvsim.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 import datetime
 import logging as log
 import os
+from pathlib import Path
 import shutil
 import shlex
 import subprocess
@@ -604,6 +605,11 @@
     proj_root_src, proj_root = resolve_proj_root(args)
     log.info("[proj_root]: %s", proj_root)
 
+    # Create an empty FUSESOC_IGNORE file in scratch_root. This ensures that
+    # any fusesoc invocation from a job won't search within scratch_root for
+    # core files.
+    (Path(args.scratch_root) / 'FUSESOC_IGNORE').touch()
+
     args.cfg = os.path.abspath(args.cfg)
     if args.remote:
         cfg_path = args.cfg.replace(proj_root_src + "/", "")