diff --git a/pkgs/gateway/gateway_test.go b/pkgs/gateway/gateway_test.go
index 0ea62cd9d..ed9542cff 100644
--- a/pkgs/gateway/gateway_test.go
+++ b/pkgs/gateway/gateway_test.go
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/gorilla/mux"
-	"github.com/minio-io/minio/pkgs/miniotest"
+	"github.com/minio-io/minio/pkgs/utils"
 	. "gopkg.in/check.v1"
 )
 
@@ -104,9 +104,9 @@ func (s *GatewaySuite) TestBucketCreation(c *C) {
 }
 
 func (s *GatewaySuite) TestInMemoryBucketOperations(c *C) {
-	simpleFileStorageRootDir, err1 := miniotest.MakeTempTestDir()
+	simpleFileStorageRootDir, err1 := utils.MakeTempTestDir()
 	c.Assert(err1, IsNil)
-	simpleEncodedStorageRootDir, err2 := miniotest.MakeTempTestDir()
+	simpleEncodedStorageRootDir, err2 := utils.MakeTempTestDir()
 	c.Assert(err2, IsNil)
 	defer os.RemoveAll(simpleFileStorageRootDir)
 	defer os.RemoveAll(simpleEncodedStorageRootDir)
diff --git a/pkgs/storage/appendstorage/append_storage_test.go b/pkgs/storage/appendstorage/append_storage_test.go
index d526a2e8f..b79ada26e 100644
--- a/pkgs/storage/appendstorage/append_storage_test.go
+++ b/pkgs/storage/appendstorage/append_storage_test.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/minio-io/minio/pkgs/storage"
+	"github.com/minio-io/minio/pkgs/utils"
 	. "gopkg.in/check.v1"
 )
 
@@ -16,12 +17,8 @@ var _ = Suite(&AppendStorageSuite{})
 
 func Test(t *testing.T) { TestingT(t) }
 
-func makeTempTestDir() (string, error) {
-	return ioutil.TempDir("/tmp", "minio-test-")
-}
-
 func (s *AppendStorageSuite) TestAppendStoragePutAtRootPath(c *C) {
-	rootDir, err := makeTempTestDir()
+	rootDir, err := utils.MakeTempTestDir()
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 	defer os.RemoveAll(rootDir)
 
@@ -54,7 +51,7 @@ func (s *AppendStorageSuite) TestAppendStoragePutAtRootPath(c *C) {
 }
 
 func (s *AppendStorageSuite) TestAppendStoragePutDirPath(c *C) {
-	rootDir, err := makeTempTestDir()
+	rootDir, err := utils.MakeTempTestDir()
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 	defer os.RemoveAll(rootDir)
 
@@ -82,7 +79,7 @@ func (s *AppendStorageSuite) TestAppendStoragePutDirPath(c *C) {
 }
 
 func (s *AppendStorageSuite) TestSerialization(c *C) {
-	rootDir, err := makeTempTestDir()
+	rootDir, err := utils.MakeTempTestDir()
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 	defer os.RemoveAll(rootDir)
 
diff --git a/pkgs/storage/encodedstorage/encoded_storage_test.go b/pkgs/storage/encodedstorage/encoded_storage_test.go
index b788eee22..9b235b0a6 100644
--- a/pkgs/storage/encodedstorage/encoded_storage_test.go
+++ b/pkgs/storage/encodedstorage/encoded_storage_test.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/minio-io/minio/pkgs/storage"
+	"github.com/minio-io/minio/pkgs/utils"
 	. "gopkg.in/check.v1"
 )
 
@@ -17,12 +18,8 @@ var _ = Suite(&EncodedStorageSuite{})
 
 func Test(t *testing.T) { TestingT(t) }
 
-func makeTempTestDir() (string, error) {
-	return ioutil.TempDir("/tmp", "minio-test-")
-}
-
 func (s *EncodedStorageSuite) TestFileStoragePutAtRootPath(c *C) {
-	rootDir, err := makeTempTestDir()
+	rootDir, err := utils.MakeTempTestDir()
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 	defer os.RemoveAll(rootDir)
 
@@ -44,7 +41,7 @@ func (s *EncodedStorageSuite) TestFileStoragePutAtRootPath(c *C) {
 }
 
 func (s *EncodedStorageSuite) TestFileStoragePutDirPath(c *C) {
-	rootDir, err := makeTempTestDir()
+	rootDir, err := utils.MakeTempTestDir()
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 	defer os.RemoveAll(rootDir)
 
@@ -73,7 +70,7 @@ func (s *EncodedStorageSuite) TestFileStoragePutDirPath(c *C) {
 }
 
 func (s *EncodedStorageSuite) TestObjectWithChunking(c *C) {
-	rootDir, err := makeTempTestDir()
+	rootDir, err := utils.MakeTempTestDir()
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 	defer os.RemoveAll(rootDir)
 
diff --git a/pkgs/storage/fsstorage/fs_storage_test.go b/pkgs/storage/fsstorage/fs_storage_test.go
index 25cb4af5c..fc582fd35 100644
--- a/pkgs/storage/fsstorage/fs_storage_test.go
+++ b/pkgs/storage/fsstorage/fs_storage_test.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/minio-io/minio/pkgs/storage"
+	"github.com/minio-io/minio/pkgs/utils"
 	. "gopkg.in/check.v1"
 )
 
@@ -16,12 +17,8 @@ var _ = Suite(&fileSystemStorageSuite{})
 
 func Test(t *testing.T) { TestingT(t) }
 
-func makeTempTestDir() (string, error) {
-	return ioutil.TempDir("/tmp", "minio-test-")
-}
-
 func (s *fileSystemStorageSuite) TestfileStoragePutAtRootPath(c *C) {
-	rootDir, err := makeTempTestDir()
+	rootDir, err := utils.MakeTempTestDir()
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 	defer os.RemoveAll(rootDir)
 
diff --git a/pkgs/miniotest/helpers.go b/pkgs/utils/helpers.go
similarity index 85%
rename from pkgs/miniotest/helpers.go
rename to pkgs/utils/helpers.go
index 897d2f7bd..0b18ae6aa 100644
--- a/pkgs/miniotest/helpers.go
+++ b/pkgs/utils/helpers.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package miniotest
+package utils
 
 import "io/ioutil"