diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 6d51e38..24f4a60 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -27,6 +27,15 @@ function defaultIncludePatterns() {
 	];
 }
 
+function defaultHelperPatterns() {
+	return [
+		'**/__tests__/helpers/**/*.js',
+		'**/__tests__/**/_*.js',
+		'**/test/helpers/**/*.js',
+		'**/test/**/_*.js'
+	];
+}
+
 function AvaFiles(options) {
 	if (!(this instanceof AvaFiles)) {
 		throw new TypeError('Class constructor AvaFiles cannot be invoked without \'new\'');
@@ -58,6 +67,17 @@ AvaFiles.prototype.findTestFiles = function () {
 	});
 };
 
+AvaFiles.prototype.findTestHelpers = function () {
+	return handlePaths(defaultHelperPatterns(), ['!**/node_modules/**'], {
+		cwd: this.cwd,
+		includeUnderscoredFiles: true,
+		cache: Object.create(null),
+		statCache: Object.create(null),
+		realpathCache: Object.create(null),
+		symlinks: Object.create(null)
+	});
+};
+
 function getDefaultIgnorePatterns() {
 	return defaultIgnore.map(function (dir) {
 		return dir + '/**/*';
@@ -257,7 +277,14 @@ function handlePaths(files, excludePatterns, globOptions) {
 		})
 		.then(flatten)
 		.filter(function (file) {
-			return file && path.extname(file) === '.js' && path.basename(file)[0] !== '_';
+			return file && path.extname(file) === '.js';
+		})
+		.filter(function (file) {
+			if (path.basename(file)[0] === '_' && globOptions.includeUnderscoredFiles !== true) {
+				return false;
+			}
+
+			return true;
 		})
 		.map(function (file) {
 			return path.resolve(file);
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index 410b482..4a225fb 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ avaFiles.isSource(filePath);
 avaFiles.findTestFiles().then(files => {
 	// files is an array of found test files
 });
+
+avaFiles.findTestHelpers().then(files => {
+	// files is an array of found test helpers
+});
 ```
 
 
@@ -94,6 +98,10 @@ Path to the file.
 
 Returns a `Promise` for an `Array` of `string` paths to the found test files.
 
+### avaFiles.findTestHelpers()
+
+Returns a `Promise` for an `Array` of `string` paths to the found helper files.
+
 
 ## License
 
diff --git a/test.js b/test.js
index b81f040..8a5290d 100644
--- a/test.js
+++ b/test.js
@@ -139,3 +139,20 @@ test('findFiles - finds the correct files by default', async t => {
 	files.sort();
 	t.deepEqual(files, expected);
 });
+
+test('findTestHelpers - finds the test helpers', async t => {
+	const fixtureDir = fixture('default-patterns');
+	process.chdir(fixtureDir);
+
+	const expected = [
+		'sub/directory/__tests__/helpers/foo.js',
+		'sub/directory/__tests__/_foo.js',
+		'test/helpers/test.js',
+		'test/_foo-help.js'
+	].sort().map(file => path.join(fixtureDir, file));
+
+	const avaFiles = new AvaFiles();
+
+	const files = await avaFiles.findTestHelpers();
+	t.deepEqual(files.sort(), expected);
+});