diff --git a/packages/@vue/cli-plugin-typescript/lib/tslint.js b/packages/@vue/cli-plugin-typescript/lib/tslint.js
index b5c1a0c8c4..5929f0ee4d 100644
--- a/packages/@vue/cli-plugin-typescript/lib/tslint.js
+++ b/packages/@vue/cli-plugin-typescript/lib/tslint.js
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ module.exports = function lint (args = {}, api, silent) {
 
   const files = args._ && args._.length
     ? args._
-    : ['src/**/*.ts', 'src/**/*.vue', 'test/**/*.ts']
+    : ['src/**/*.ts', 'src/**/*.vue', 'tests/**/*.ts']
 
   const stripTsExtension = str => str.replace(/\.vue\.ts\b/g, '.vue')