diff --git a/lib/puppetlabs_spec_helper/rake_tasks.rb b/lib/puppetlabs_spec_helper/rake_tasks.rb
index 1571bd30..6d924661 100644
--- a/lib/puppetlabs_spec_helper/rake_tasks.rb
+++ b/lib/puppetlabs_spec_helper/rake_tasks.rb
@@ -220,7 +220,8 @@
 PuppetSyntax.exclude_paths << 'spec/fixtures/**/*'
 PuppetSyntax.exclude_paths << 'pkg/**/*'
 PuppetSyntax.exclude_paths << 'vendor/**/*'
-PuppetSyntax.exclude_paths << 'plans/*'
+PuppetSyntax.exclude_paths << '.vendor/**/*'
+PuppetSyntax.exclude_paths << 'plans/**/*'
 if Puppet.version.to_f < 4.0
   PuppetSyntax.exclude_paths << 'types/**/*'
 end