diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 28f2aca854b..53c1fb056bb 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -61,7 +61,9 @@ Makefile.config
 data/*
 models/*
 *.caffemodel
+*.caffemodel.h5
 *.solverstate
+*.solverstate.h5
 *.binaryproto
 *leveldb
 *lmdb
diff --git a/examples/cifar10/train_full.sh b/examples/cifar10/train_full.sh
index 4285a5d6468..ef112e1f6db 100755
--- a/examples/cifar10/train_full.sh
+++ b/examples/cifar10/train_full.sh
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ $TOOLS/caffe train \
 # reduce learning rate by factor of 10
 $TOOLS/caffe train \
     --solver=examples/cifar10/cifar10_full_solver_lr1.prototxt \
-    --snapshot=examples/cifar10/cifar10_full_iter_60000.solverstate
+    --snapshot=examples/cifar10/cifar10_full_iter_60000.solverstate.h5
 
 # reduce learning rate by factor of 10
 $TOOLS/caffe train \
     --solver=examples/cifar10/cifar10_full_solver_lr2.prototxt \
-    --snapshot=examples/cifar10/cifar10_full_iter_65000.solverstate
+    --snapshot=examples/cifar10/cifar10_full_iter_65000.solverstate.h5
diff --git a/examples/cifar10/train_quick.sh b/examples/cifar10/train_quick.sh
index 2830c40945c..6b7d228879b 100755
--- a/examples/cifar10/train_quick.sh
+++ b/examples/cifar10/train_quick.sh
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@ $TOOLS/caffe train \
 # reduce learning rate by factor of 10 after 8 epochs
 $TOOLS/caffe train \
   --solver=examples/cifar10/cifar10_quick_solver_lr1.prototxt \
-  --snapshot=examples/cifar10/cifar10_quick_iter_4000.solverstate
+  --snapshot=examples/cifar10/cifar10_quick_iter_4000.solverstate.h5
diff --git a/examples/imagenet/resume_training.sh b/examples/imagenet/resume_training.sh
index d1febff8d39..bf7945c0fd0 100755
--- a/examples/imagenet/resume_training.sh
+++ b/examples/imagenet/resume_training.sh
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 
 ./build/tools/caffe train \
     --solver=models/bvlc_reference_caffenet/solver.prototxt \
-    --snapshot=models/bvlc_reference_caffenet/caffenet_train_10000.solverstate
+    --snapshot=models/bvlc_reference_caffenet/caffenet_train_10000.solverstate.h5