diff --git a/test/_helper.js b/test/_helper.js
index 8de9f92bf4..9325bc011b 100644
--- a/test/_helper.js
+++ b/test/_helper.js
@@ -36,8 +36,6 @@ exports.get = function (entryName) {
     if (fs.existsSync(suiteOptsLoc)) suite.options = require(suiteOptsLoc);
 
     _.each(fs.readdirSync(suite.filename), function (taskName) {
-      if (taskName[0] === ".") return;
-
       var taskDir = suite.filename + "/" + taskName;
       if (fs.statSync(taskDir).isFile()) return;
 
@@ -59,6 +57,7 @@ exports.get = function (entryName) {
 
       var test = {
         title: humanise(taskName),
+        disabled: taskName[0] === ".",
         options: taskOpts,
         exec: {
           code: readFile(execLoc),
diff --git a/test/generation.js b/test/generation.js
index d4ee3a36c9..db2857fc85 100644
--- a/test/generation.js
+++ b/test/generation.js
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ suite("generation", function () {
 _.each(helper.get("generation"), function (testSuite) {
   suite("generation/" + testSuite.title, function () {
     _.each(testSuite.tests, function (task) {
-      test(task.title, function () {
+      test(task.title, !task.disabled && function () {
         var expect = task.expect;
         var actual = task.actual;
 
diff --git a/test/transformation.js b/test/transformation.js
index 25edc13872..6f73359e92 100644
--- a/test/transformation.js
+++ b/test/transformation.js
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ var run = function (task) {
 _.each(helper.get("transformation"), function (testSuite) {
   suite("transformation/" + testSuite.title, function () {
     _.each(testSuite.tests, function (task) {
-      test(task.title, function () {
+      test(task.title, !task.disabled && function () {
         var runTask = function () {
           run(task);
         };