diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ac1ff97c..225b7875 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 node_modules
 *.log
 .tmp
+.tests
 
 # build-artifacts
 dist
diff --git a/.npmignore b/.npmignore
index 8f8a5d6a..96afab14 100644
--- a/.npmignore
+++ b/.npmignore
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 node_modules
 *.log
 .tmp
+.tests
 
 # source/config
 src
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 496cb443..1dcb3402 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -67,8 +67,9 @@
     "postpublish": "./bin/semantic-release.js post",
     "prepublish": "npm run build && ./bin/semantic-release.js pre",
     "pretest": "npm run build",
+    "pretest:integration": "rm -rf .tests && mkdir -p .tests && babel tests --out-dir .tests",
     "test": "./bin/test",
-    "test:integration": "tap tests/{scenarios,tap}/*.js",
+    "test:integration": "tap .tests/{scenarios,tap}/*.js",
     "test:style": "standard"
   }
 }