diff --git a/dialyzer_reference b/dialyzer_reference
index 72a8077..be486b5 100644
--- a/dialyzer_reference
+++ b/dialyzer_reference
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 
-rebar_utils.erl:164: Call to missing or unexported function escript:foldl/3
+rebar_utils.erl:163: Call to missing or unexported function escript:foldl/3
diff --git a/include/rebar.hrl b/include/rebar.hrl
index b338fc2..58debfc 100644
--- a/include/rebar.hrl
+++ b/include/rebar.hrl
@@ -12,5 +12,3 @@
 -define(ERROR(Str, Args), rebar_log:log(error, Str, Args)).
 
 -define(FMT(Str, Args), lists:flatten(io_lib:format(Str, Args))).
-
--define(TEST_DIR, ".test").
diff --git a/src/rebar_erlc_compiler.erl b/src/rebar_erlc_compiler.erl
index 561a2a6..84b9e85 100644
--- a/src/rebar_erlc_compiler.erl
+++ b/src/rebar_erlc_compiler.erl
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
          clean/2]).
 
 %% for internal use by only eunit and qc
--export([test_compile/2]).
+-export([test_compile/3]).
 
 -include("rebar.hrl").
 
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ clean(_Config, _AppFile) ->
 %% .erl Compilation API (externally used by only eunit and qc)
 %% ===================================================================
 
-test_compile(Config, Cmd) ->
+test_compile(Config, Cmd, OutDir) ->
     %% Obtain all the test modules for inclusion in the compile stage.
     %% Notice: this could also be achieved with the following
     %% rebar.config option: {test_compile_opts, [{src_dirs, ["test"]}]}
@@ -133,16 +133,16 @@ test_compile(Config, Cmd) ->
                 end, [], SrcDirs),
 
     %% If it is not the first time rebar eunit is executed, there will be source
-    %% files already present in ?TEST_DIR. Since some SCMs (like Perforce) set
+    %% files already present in OutDir. Since some SCMs (like Perforce) set
     %% the source files as being read only (unless they are checked out), we
-    %% need to be sure that the files already present in ?TEST_DIR are writable
+    %% need to be sure that the files already present in OutDir are writable
     %% before doing the copy. This is done here by removing any file that was
     %% already present before calling rebar_file_utils:cp_r.
 
-    %% Get the full path to a file that was previously copied in ?TEST_DIR
+    %% Get the full path to a file that was previously copied in OutDir
     ToCleanUp = fun(F, Acc) ->
                         F2 = filename:basename(F),
-                        F3 = filename:join([?TEST_DIR, F2]),
+                        F3 = filename:join([OutDir, F2]),
                         case filelib:is_regular(F3) of
                             true -> [F3|Acc];
                             false -> Acc
@@ -152,12 +152,12 @@ test_compile(Config, Cmd) ->
     ok = rebar_file_utils:delete_each(lists:foldl(ToCleanUp, [], TestErls)),
     ok = rebar_file_utils:delete_each(lists:foldl(ToCleanUp, [], SrcErls)),
 
-    ok = rebar_file_utils:cp_r(SrcErls ++ TestErls, ?TEST_DIR),
+    ok = rebar_file_utils:cp_r(SrcErls ++ TestErls, OutDir),
 
-    %% Compile erlang code to ?TEST_DIR, using a tweaked config
+    %% Compile erlang code to OutDir, using a tweaked config
     %% with appropriate defines for eunit, and include all the test modules
     %% as well.
-    ok = doterl_compile(test_compile_config(Config, Cmd), ?TEST_DIR, TestErls),
+    ok = doterl_compile(test_compile_config(Config, Cmd), OutDir, TestErls),
 
     {ok, SrcErls}.
 
diff --git a/src/rebar_eunit.erl b/src/rebar_eunit.erl
index 5e7f91c..8846d97 100644
--- a/src/rebar_eunit.erl
+++ b/src/rebar_eunit.erl
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 %% @doc rebar_eunit supports the following commands:
 %% <ul>
 %%   <li>eunit - runs eunit tests</li>
-%%   <li>clean - remove ?TEST_DIR directory</li>
+%%   <li>clean - remove ?EUNIT_DIR directory</li>
 %%   <li>reset_after_eunit::boolean() - default = true.
 %%       If true, try to "reset" VM state to approximate state prior to
 %%       running the EUnit tests:
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@
 
 -include("rebar.hrl").
 
+-define(EUNIT_DIR, ".eunit").
+
 %% ===================================================================
 %% Public API
 %% ===================================================================
@@ -68,7 +70,8 @@ eunit(Config, _AppFile) ->
     CodePath = setup_code_path(),
     CompileOnly = rebar_utils:get_experimental_global(Config, compile_only,
                                                       false),
-    {ok, SrcErls} = rebar_erlc_compiler:test_compile(Config, "eunit"),
+    {ok, SrcErls} = rebar_erlc_compiler:test_compile(Config, "eunit",
+                                                     ?EUNIT_DIR),
     case CompileOnly of
         "true" ->
             true = code:set_path(CodePath),
@@ -78,14 +81,14 @@ eunit(Config, _AppFile) ->
     end.
 
 clean(_Config, _File) ->
-    rebar_file_utils:rm_rf(?TEST_DIR).
+    rebar_file_utils:rm_rf(?EUNIT_DIR).
 
 %% ===================================================================
 %% Internal functions
 %% ===================================================================
 
 run_eunit(Config, CodePath, SrcErls) ->
-    %% Build a list of all the .beams in ?TEST_DIR -- use this for
+    %% Build a list of all the .beams in ?EUNIT_DIR -- use this for
     %% cover and eunit testing. Normally you can just tell cover
     %% and/or eunit to scan the directory for you, but eunit does a
     %% code:purge in conjunction with that scan and causes any cover
@@ -105,14 +108,14 @@ run_eunit(Config, CodePath, SrcErls) ->
     %% the _tests module should only contain test cases that use the
     %% public interface of the main module (and no other code)."
 
-    AllBeamFiles = rebar_utils:beams(?TEST_DIR),
+    AllBeamFiles = rebar_utils:beams(?EUNIT_DIR),
     {BeamFiles, TestBeamFiles} =
         lists:partition(fun(N) -> string:str(N, "_tests.beam") =:= 0 end,
                         AllBeamFiles),
     OtherBeamFiles = TestBeamFiles --
         [filename:rootname(N) ++ "_tests.beam" || N <- AllBeamFiles],
     ModuleBeamFiles = BeamFiles ++ OtherBeamFiles,
-    Modules = [rebar_utils:beam_to_mod(?TEST_DIR, N) || N <- ModuleBeamFiles],
+    Modules = [rebar_utils:beam_to_mod(?EUNIT_DIR, N) || N <- ModuleBeamFiles],
     SrcModules = [rebar_utils:erl_to_mod(M) || M <- SrcErls],
     FilteredModules = filter_modules(Config, Modules),
 
@@ -144,17 +147,20 @@ run_eunit(Config, CodePath, SrcErls) ->
     ok.
 
 ensure_dirs() ->
-    %% Make sure ?TEST_DIR/ and ebin/ directory exists (append dummy module)
-    ok = filelib:ensure_dir(filename:join(rebar_utils:test_dir(), "dummy")),
+    %% Make sure ?EUNIT_DIR/ and ebin/ directory exists (append dummy module)
+    ok = filelib:ensure_dir(filename:join(eunit_dir(), "dummy")),
     ok = filelib:ensure_dir(filename:join(rebar_utils:ebin_dir(), "dummy")).
 
+eunit_dir() ->
+    filename:join(rebar_utils:get_cwd(), ?EUNIT_DIR).
+
 setup_code_path() ->
     %% Setup code path prior to compilation so that parse_transforms
     %% and the like work properly. Also, be sure to add ebin_dir()
     %% to the END of the code path so that we don't have to jump
     %% through hoops to access the .app file
     CodePath = code:get_path(),
-    true = code:add_patha(rebar_utils:test_dir()),
+    true = code:add_patha(eunit_dir()),
     true = code:add_pathz(rebar_utils:ebin_dir()),
     CodePath.
 
@@ -171,10 +177,10 @@ filter_modules1(Modules, Suites) ->
 perform_eunit(Config, FilteredModules) ->
     EunitOpts = get_eunit_opts(Config),
 
-    %% Move down into ?TEST_DIR while we run tests so any generated files
+    %% Move down into ?EUNIT_DIR while we run tests so any generated files
     %% are created there (versus in the source dir)
     Cwd = rebar_utils:get_cwd(),
-    ok = file:set_cwd(?TEST_DIR),
+    ok = file:set_cwd(?EUNIT_DIR),
 
     EunitResult = (catch eunit:test(FilteredModules, EunitOpts)),
 
@@ -218,7 +224,7 @@ cover_analyze(Config, FilteredModules, SrcModules) ->
                                                           [html])
                   end, Coverage),
 
-    Index = filename:join([rebar_utils:get_cwd(), ?TEST_DIR, "index.html"]),
+    Index = filename:join([rebar_utils:get_cwd(), ?EUNIT_DIR, "index.html"]),
     ?CONSOLE("Cover analysis: ~s\n", [Index]),
 
     %% Export coverage data, if configured
@@ -246,7 +252,7 @@ cover_init(false, _BeamFiles) ->
     {ok, not_enabled};
 cover_init(true, BeamFiles) ->
     %% Attempt to start the cover server, then set it's group leader to
-    %% ?TEST_DIR/cover.log, so all cover log messages will go there instead of
+    %% ?EUNIT_DIR/cover.log, so all cover log messages will go there instead of
     %% to stdout. If the cover server is already started we'll reuse that
     %% pid.
     {ok, CoverPid} = case cover:start() of
@@ -259,7 +265,7 @@ cover_init(true, BeamFiles) ->
                      end,
 
     {ok, F} = OkOpen = file:open(
-                         filename:join([?TEST_DIR, "cover.log"]),
+                         filename:join([?EUNIT_DIR, "cover.log"]),
                          [write]),
 
     group_leader(F, CoverPid),
@@ -334,7 +340,7 @@ align_notcovered_count(Module, Covered, NotCovered, true) ->
     {Module, Covered, NotCovered - 1}.
 
 cover_write_index(Coverage, SrcModules) ->
-    {ok, F} = file:open(filename:join([?TEST_DIR, "index.html"]), [write]),
+    {ok, F} = file:open(filename:join([?EUNIT_DIR, "index.html"]), [write]),
     ok = file:write(F, "<html><head><title>Coverage Summary</title></head>\n"),
     IsSrcCoverage = fun({Mod,_C,_N}) -> lists:member(Mod, SrcModules) end,
     {SrcCoverage, TestCoverage} = lists:partition(IsSrcCoverage, Coverage),
@@ -392,10 +398,10 @@ cover_print_coverage(Coverage) ->
     ?CONSOLE("~n~*s : ~s~n", [Width, "Total", TotalCoverage]).
 
 cover_file(Module) ->
-    filename:join([?TEST_DIR, atom_to_list(Module) ++ ".COVER.html"]).
+    filename:join([?EUNIT_DIR, atom_to_list(Module) ++ ".COVER.html"]).
 
 cover_export_coverdata() ->
-    ExportFile = filename:join(rebar_utils:test_dir(), "eunit.coverdata"),
+    ExportFile = filename:join(eunit_dir(), "eunit.coverdata"),
     case cover:export(ExportFile) of
         ok ->
             ?CONSOLE("Coverdata export: ~s~n", [ExportFile]);
diff --git a/src/rebar_qc.erl b/src/rebar_qc.erl
index 0920a5b..2531c0a 100644
--- a/src/rebar_qc.erl
+++ b/src/rebar_qc.erl
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@
 
 -include("rebar.hrl").
 
+-define(QC_DIR, ".qc").
+
 %% ===================================================================
 %% Public API
 %% ===================================================================
@@ -104,22 +106,25 @@ load_qc_mod(Mod) ->
 
 setup_codepath() ->
     CodePath = code:get_path(),
-    true = code:add_patha(rebar_utils:test_dir()),
-    true = code:add_patha(rebar_utils:ebin_dir()),
+    true = code:add_patha(qc_dir()),
+    true = code:add_pathz(rebar_utils:ebin_dir()),
     CodePath.
 
+qc_dir() ->
+    filename:join(rebar_utils:get_cwd(), ?QC_DIR).
+
 run(Config, QC, QCOpts) ->
     ?DEBUG("qc_opts: ~p~n", [QCOpts]),
 
-    ok = filelib:ensure_dir(?TEST_DIR ++ "/foo"),
+    ok = filelib:ensure_dir(filename:join(qc_dir(), "foo")),
     CodePath = setup_codepath(),
 
     CompileOnly = rebar_utils:get_experimental_global(Config, compile_only,
                                                       false),
-    %% Compile erlang code to ?TEST_DIR, using a tweaked config
+    %% Compile erlang code to ?QC_DIR, using a tweaked config
     %% with appropriate defines, and include all the test modules
     %% as well.
-    {ok, _SrcErls} = rebar_erlc_compiler:test_compile(Config, "qc"),
+    {ok, _SrcErls} = rebar_erlc_compiler:test_compile(Config, "qc", ?QC_DIR),
 
     case CompileOnly of
         "true" ->
@@ -150,7 +155,7 @@ qc_module(QC=triq, _QCOpts, M) ->
 qc_module(QC=eqc, QCOpts, M) -> QC:module(QCOpts, M).
 
 find_prop_mods() ->
-    Beams = rebar_utils:find_files(?TEST_DIR, ".*\\.beam\$"),
+    Beams = rebar_utils:find_files(?QC_DIR, ".*\\.beam\$"),
     [M || M <- [rebar_utils:erl_to_mod(Beam) || Beam <- Beams], has_prop(M)].
 
 has_prop(Mod) ->
diff --git a/src/rebar_utils.erl b/src/rebar_utils.erl
index 9a5daeb..55263a7 100644
--- a/src/rebar_utils.erl
+++ b/src/rebar_utils.erl
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@
          delayed_halt/1,
          erl_opts/1,
          src_dirs/1,
-         test_dir/0,
          ebin_dir/0,
          processing_base_dir/1, processing_base_dir/2]).
 
@@ -319,9 +318,6 @@ src_dirs([]) ->
 src_dirs(SrcDirs) ->
     SrcDirs.
 
-test_dir() ->
-    filename:join(get_cwd(), ?TEST_DIR).
-
 ebin_dir() ->
     filename:join(get_cwd(), "ebin").
 
diff --git a/test/rebar_eunit_tests.erl b/test/rebar_eunit_tests.erl
index 828e1a4..f8ca97f 100644
--- a/test/rebar_eunit_tests.erl
+++ b/test/rebar_eunit_tests.erl
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 -include_lib("eunit/include/eunit.hrl").
 
 %% Assuming this test is run inside the rebar 'eunit'
-%% command, the current working directory will be '.test'
+%% command, the current working directory will be '.eunit'
 -define(REBAR_SCRIPT, "../rebar").
 
 -define(TMP_DIR, "tmp_eunit/").
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ cover_test_() ->
 
       {"Only production modules get coverage reports",
        assert_files_not_in("the temporary eunit directory",
-                           [".test/myapp_mymod_tests.COVER.html"])}]}.
+                           [".eunit/myapp_mymod_tests.COVER.html"])}]}.
 
 cover_with_suite_test_() ->
     {"Ensure Cover runs with Tests in a test dir and a test suite",
@@ -83,21 +83,21 @@ cover_with_suite_test_() ->
 
      [{"Cover reports are generated for module",
        assert_files_in("the temporary eunit directory",
-                           [".test/index.html",
-                            ".test/mysuite.COVER.html"])},
+                       [".eunit/index.html",
+                        ".eunit/mysuite.COVER.html"])},
 
       {"Only production modules get coverage reports",
        assert_files_not_in("the temporary eunit directory",
-                           [".test/myapp_app.COVER.html",
-                            ".test/myapp_mymod.COVER.html",
-                            ".test/myapp_sup.COVER.html",
-                            ".test/myapp_mymod_tests.COVER.html"])}]}.
+                           [".eunit/myapp_app.COVER.html",
+                            ".eunit/myapp_mymod.COVER.html",
+                            ".eunit/myapp_sup.COVER.html",
+                            ".eunit/myapp_mymod_tests.COVER.html"])}]}.
 
 expected_cover_generated_files() ->
-    [".test/index.html",
-     ".test/myapp_app.COVER.html",
-     ".test/myapp_mymod.COVER.html",
-     ".test/myapp_sup.COVER.html"].
+    [".eunit/index.html",
+     ".eunit/myapp_app.COVER.html",
+     ".eunit/myapp_mymod.COVER.html",
+     ".eunit/myapp_sup.COVER.html"].
 
 cover_coverage_test_() ->
     {"Coverage is accurately calculated",
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ assert_files_not_in(_, []) -> [].
 
 assert_full_coverage(Mod) ->
     fun() ->
-            {ok, F} = file:read_file(".test/index.html"),
+            {ok, F} = file:read_file(".eunit/index.html"),
             Result = [X || X <- string:tokens(binary_to_list(F), "\n"),
                            string:str(X, Mod) =/= 0,
                            string:str(X, "100%") =/= 0],