diff --git a/tests/packaging-suite/handler.js b/tests/packaging-suite/handler.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8d524e278
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/packaging-suite/handler.js
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+'use strict';
+
+module.exports.hello = async (event) => {
+  return {
+    statusCode: 200,
+    body: JSON.stringify({
+      message: 'Go Serverless v1.0! Your function executed successfully!',
+      input: event,
+    }, null, 2),
+  };
+
+  // Use this code if you don't use the http event with the LAMBDA-PROXY integration
+  // return { message: 'Go Serverless v1.0! Your function executed successfully!', event };
+};
diff --git a/tests/packaging-suite/packaging.tests.js b/tests/packaging-suite/packaging.tests.js
index d6fdf1631..4d5e75801 100644
--- a/tests/packaging-suite/packaging.tests.js
+++ b/tests/packaging-suite/packaging.tests.js
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ describe('Integration test - Packaging', () => {
 
   it('packages the default aws template correctly in the zip', () => {
     const templateName = 'aws-nodejs';
-    execSync(`${serverlessExec} create --template ${templateName}`, { cwd });
+    fs.copyFileSync(path.join(__dirname, 'serverless.yml'), path.join(cwd, 'serverless.yml'))
+    fs.copyFileSync(path.join(__dirname, 'handler.js'), path.join(cwd, 'handler.js'))
     execSync(`${serverlessExec} package`, { cwd });
     return testUtils.listZipFiles(path.join(cwd, '.serverless/aws-nodejs.zip'))
       .then(zipfiles => {
@@ -27,7 +28,8 @@ describe('Integration test - Packaging', () => {
 
   it('packages the default aws template with an npm dep correctly in the zip', () => {
     const templateName = 'aws-nodejs';
-    execSync(`${serverlessExec} create --template ${templateName}`, { cwd });
+    fs.copyFileSync(path.join(__dirname, 'serverless.yml'), path.join(cwd, 'serverless.yml'))
+    fs.copyFileSync(path.join(__dirname, 'handler.js'), path.join(cwd, 'handler.js'))
     execSync('npm init --yes', { cwd });
     execSync('npm i lodash', { cwd });
     execSync(`${serverlessExec} package`, { cwd });
@@ -43,7 +45,8 @@ describe('Integration test - Packaging', () => {
 
   it('doesn\'t package a dev dependency in the zip', () => {
     const templateName = 'aws-nodejs';
-    execSync(`${serverlessExec} create --template ${templateName}`, { cwd });
+    fs.copyFileSync(path.join(__dirname, 'serverless.yml'), path.join(cwd, 'serverless.yml'))
+    fs.copyFileSync(path.join(__dirname, 'handler.js'), path.join(cwd, 'handler.js'))
     execSync('npm init --yes', { cwd });
     execSync('npm i --save-dev lodash', { cwd });
     execSync(`${serverlessExec} package`, { cwd });
@@ -59,7 +62,8 @@ describe('Integration test - Packaging', () => {
 
   it('ignores package json files per ignore directive in the zip', () => {
     const templateName = 'aws-nodejs';
-    execSync(`${serverlessExec} create --template ${templateName}`, { cwd });
+    fs.copyFileSync(path.join(__dirname, 'serverless.yml'), path.join(cwd, 'serverless.yml'))
+    fs.copyFileSync(path.join(__dirname, 'handler.js'), path.join(cwd, 'handler.js'))
     execSync('npm init --yes', { cwd });
     execSync('echo \'package: {exclude: ["package*.json"]}\' >> serverless.yml', { cwd });
     execSync('npm i lodash', { cwd });
@@ -84,7 +88,8 @@ describe('Integration test - Packaging', () => {
 
   it('creates the correct default function resource in cfn template', () => {
     const templateName = 'aws-nodejs';
-    execSync(`${serverlessExec} create --template ${templateName}`, { cwd });
+    fs.copyFileSync(path.join(__dirname, 'serverless.yml'), path.join(cwd, 'serverless.yml'))
+    fs.copyFileSync(path.join(__dirname, 'handler.js'), path.join(cwd, 'handler.js'))
     execSync(`${serverlessExec} package`, { cwd });
     const cfnTemplate = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(path.join(
       cwd, '.serverless/cloudformation-template-update-stack.json')));
diff --git a/tests/packaging-suite/serverless.yml b/tests/packaging-suite/serverless.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..700a3a5bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/packaging-suite/serverless.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+service: aws-nodejs
+
+provider:
+  name: aws
+  runtime: nodejs10.x
+
+
+functions:
+  hello:
+    handler: handler.hello