diff --git a/packages/testlab/.gitignore b/packages/testlab/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c164d1cb062f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/testlab/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+*.tgz
+lib
+package
diff --git a/packages/testlab/.npmignore b/packages/testlab/.npmignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5c19bf71c9f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/testlab/.npmignore
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+*.log
+*.tgz
+package
+src
+test
+tsconfig.json
diff --git a/packages/testlab/index.js b/packages/testlab/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ba957d0f90a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/testlab/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+module.exports = require('./lib/testlab');
diff --git a/packages/testlab/package.json b/packages/testlab/package.json
index 19157cd14858..c2171edcf124 100644
--- a/packages/testlab/package.json
+++ b/packages/testlab/package.json
@@ -3,8 +3,18 @@
   "version": "4.0.0-alpha.1",
   "description": "A collection of test utilities we use to write LoopBack tests.",
   "main": "index",
+  "scripts": {
+    "build": "tsc",
+    "clean": "rm *.tgz; rm -rf ./package",
+    "prepublish": "npm run build",
+    "test": "mocha",
+    "verify": "npm run clean && npm pack && tar xvzf *.tgz && tree package"
+  },
   "author": "IBM",
   "license": "MIT",
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "mocha": "^3.3.0"
+  },
   "dependencies": {
     "@types/sinon": "^1.16.34",
     "@types/supertest": "^2.0.0",
diff --git a/packages/testlab/should-as-function.d.ts b/packages/testlab/src/should-as-function.d.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/testlab/should-as-function.d.ts
rename to packages/testlab/src/should-as-function.d.ts
diff --git a/packages/testlab/index.ts b/packages/testlab/src/testlab.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/testlab/index.ts
rename to packages/testlab/src/testlab.ts
diff --git a/packages/testlab/test/testlab.acceptance.js b/packages/testlab/test/testlab.acceptance.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8ebd500dea3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/testlab/test/testlab.acceptance.js
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+const should = require('should');
+const testlab = require('..');
+
+describe('testlab', () => {
+  it('exports expect interface', () => {
+    testlab.expect.should.be.type('function');
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/testlab/tsconfig.json b/packages/testlab/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b50638d74960
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/testlab/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "baseUrl": ".",
+    "paths": {
+      "*": ["*"]
+    },
+    "emitDecoratorMetadata": true,
+    "experimentalDecorators": true,
+    "lib": ["es6", "dom"],
+    "module": "commonjs",
+    "moduleResolution": "node",
+    "outDir": "./lib",
+    "strictNullChecks": true,
+    "target": "es5"
+  },
+  "include": [
+    "src"
+  ],
+  "exclude": [
+    "node_modules"
+  ]
+}