diff --git a/test/integration/lib/StackTest.hs b/test/integration/lib/StackTest.hs
index c71c4a3c09..ed5bf0a4a2 100644
--- a/test/integration/lib/StackTest.hs
+++ b/test/integration/lib/StackTest.hs
@@ -121,3 +121,9 @@ exeExt = if isWindows then ".exe" else ""
 
 -- | Is the OS Windows?
 isWindows = os == "mingw32"
+
+-- | To avoid problems with GHC version mismatch when a new LTS major
+-- version is released, pass this argument to @stack@ when running in
+-- a global context.  The LTS major version here should match that of
+-- the main @stack.yaml@.
+defaultResolverArg = "--resolver=lts-3"
diff --git a/test/integration/tests/1198-multiple-exes-with-same-name/Main.hs b/test/integration/tests/1198-multiple-exes-with-same-name/Main.hs
index 57f070fa90..4e8344263d 100644
--- a/test/integration/tests/1198-multiple-exes-with-same-name/Main.hs
+++ b/test/integration/tests/1198-multiple-exes-with-same-name/Main.hs
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ import StackTest
 
 main :: IO ()
 main = do
-    stack ["clean"]
-    stack ["init", "--force"]
+    stack [defaultResolverArg, "clean"]
+    stack [defaultResolverArg, "init", "--force"]
     stackCheckStderr
         ["build", "also-has-exe-foo", "has-exe-foo"]
         (expectMessage buildMessage1)
diff --git a/test/integration/tests/384-local-deps/Main.hs b/test/integration/tests/384-local-deps/Main.hs
index 17430dc562..776ac31386 100644
--- a/test/integration/tests/384-local-deps/Main.hs
+++ b/test/integration/tests/384-local-deps/Main.hs
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@ import StackTest
 
 main :: IO ()
 main = do
-    stack ["init"]
+    stack ["init", defaultResolverArg]
     stack ["test"]
diff --git a/test/integration/tests/443-specify-path/Main.hs b/test/integration/tests/443-specify-path/Main.hs
index 4f939ac869..47fef94c08 100644
--- a/test/integration/tests/443-specify-path/Main.hs
+++ b/test/integration/tests/443-specify-path/Main.hs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ main :: IO ()
 main = do
   -- install in relative path
   createDirectory "bin"
-  stack ["--local-bin-path", "./bin", "install" , "happy"]
+  stack [defaultResolverArg, "--local-bin-path", "./bin", "install" , "happy"]
   doesExist ("./bin/happy" ++ exeExt)
 
   -- Default install
@@ -18,11 +18,11 @@ main = do
   -- doesExist (defaultDir ++ "/bin/happy" ++ exeExt)
 
   -- install in current dir
-  stack ["--local-bin-path", ".", "install", "happy" ]
+  stack [defaultResolverArg, "--local-bin-path", ".", "install", "happy" ]
   doesExist ("happy" ++ exeExt)
 
   -- install in absolute path
   tmpDirectory <- fmap (</> "absolute-bin") getCurrentDirectory
   createDirectory tmpDirectory
-  stack ["--local-bin-path", tmpDirectory, "install", "happy" ]
+  stack [defaultResolverArg, "--local-bin-path", tmpDirectory, "install", "happy" ]
   doesExist (tmpDirectory </> ("happy" ++ exeExt))
diff --git a/test/integration/tests/basic-install/Main.hs b/test/integration/tests/basic-install/Main.hs
index a638f19f4a..c49f21b659 100644
--- a/test/integration/tests/basic-install/Main.hs
+++ b/test/integration/tests/basic-install/Main.hs
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@ import StackTest
 
 main :: IO ()
 main = do
-    stack ["install", "acme-missiles-0.3"]
+    stack [defaultResolverArg, "install", "acme-missiles-0.3"]
     doesNotExist "stack.yaml"
diff --git a/test/integration/tests/multi-test/Main.hs b/test/integration/tests/multi-test/Main.hs
index a8172ea5f4..dcec42e2b4 100644
--- a/test/integration/tests/multi-test/Main.hs
+++ b/test/integration/tests/multi-test/Main.hs
@@ -6,8 +6,9 @@ main :: IO ()
 main = do
     stack ["build"]
     stack ["test"]
-    -- FIXME: Make fforce-recomp unnecessary (see #1411)
-    stackCheckStderr ["test", "--coverage", "--ghc-options", "-fforce-recomp"] $ \out -> do
+    -- FIXME: Make 'clean' unnecessary (see #1411)
+    stack ["clean"]
+    stackCheckStderr ["test", "--coverage"] $ \out -> do
         unless ("The coverage report for multi-test-suite's test-suite \"multi-test-suite-test\" is available at" `isInfixOf` out) $
             fail "Didn't get expected report for multi-test-suite-test"
         unless ("Error: The coverage report for multi-test-suite's test-suite \"multi-test-suite-test-2\" did not consider any code." `isInfixOf` out) $
diff --git a/test/integration/tests/sanity/Main.hs b/test/integration/tests/sanity/Main.hs
index 8361951a9c..43cc81d6bb 100644
--- a/test/integration/tests/sanity/Main.hs
+++ b/test/integration/tests/sanity/Main.hs
@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@ main = do
     stackErr ["build"]
     doesNotExist "stack.yaml"
 
-    stack ["exec", "./foo.bat"]
+    stack [defaultResolverArg, "exec", "./foo.bat"]