diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 54d0e3ea2d..77a1c109fa 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -21,9 +21,7 @@ _cgo_gotypes.go
 _cgo_export.*
 
 _testmain.go
-test-report.json
 
-coverage.out
 coverage.html
 
 *.exe
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 9d93245c6b..cbc1f172b6 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -367,12 +367,13 @@ gotest: $(SOURCE_GENERATED) ## Trigger minikube test
 	$(if $(quiet),@echo "  TEST     $@")
 	$(Q)go test -tags "$(MINIKUBE_BUILD_TAGS)" -ldflags="$(MINIKUBE_LDFLAGS)" $(MINIKUBE_TEST_FILES)
 
-test-report.json: $(SOURCE_FILES) $(GOTEST_FILES)
+out/test-report.json: $(SOURCE_FILES) $(GOTEST_FILES)
 	$(if $(quiet),@echo "  TEST     $@")
-	$(Q)go test -tags "$(MINIKUBE_BUILD_TAGS)" -ldflags="$(MINIKUBE_LDFLAGS)" -json $(MINIKUBE_TEST_FILES) -coverprofile=coverage.out > test-report.json
+	$(Q)go test -tags "$(MINIKUBE_BUILD_TAGS)" -ldflags="$(MINIKUBE_LDFLAGS)" $(MINIKUBE_TEST_FILES) \
+	-json -coverprofile=out/coverage.out > out/test-report.json
 
-coverage.out: test-report.json
-coverage.html: coverage.out
+out/coverage.out: out/test-report.json
+coverage.html: out/coverage.out
 	$(if $(quiet),@echo "  COVER    $@")
 	$(Q)go tool cover -html=$< -o $@
 
diff --git a/sonar-project.properties b/sonar-project.properties
index 3a50fa195b..d3722bf2ea 100644
--- a/sonar-project.properties
+++ b/sonar-project.properties
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@ sonar.exclusions=**/*_test.go,pkg/minikube/assets/assets.go,pkg/minikube/transla
 sonar.tests=cmd,pkg
 sonar.test.inclusions=**/*_test.go
 
-sonar.go.tests.reportPaths=test-report.json
-sonar.go.coverage.reportPaths=coverage.out
+sonar.go.tests.reportPaths=out/test-report.json
+sonar.go.coverage.reportPaths=out/coverage.out