diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 156a2334c..15cbc6452 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 _obj
 _test
 .vagrant
+releases
 
 # Architecture specific extensions/prefixes
 *.[568vq]
diff --git a/bin/test b/bin/test
index a793545c8..18cb9c3d4 100755
--- a/bin/test
+++ b/bin/test
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 echo "mode: count" > profile.cov
 fail=0
-for dir in $(find . -type f -name '*_test.go' | grep -v '^./experimental/' | xargs -n1 dirname | sort -u); do
+for dir in $(find . -type f -name '*_test.go' | grep -v '^./experimental/' | grep -v '^./releases/' | xargs -n1 dirname | sort -u); do
   go get -t $dir
 
   if ! errcheck -ignore 'Close' $dir ; then