diff --git a/packages/spacebars-compiler/compile_tests.js b/packages/spacebars-compiler/compile_tests.js
index 4e02383a6c..9acf1c915e 100644
--- a/packages/spacebars-compiler/compile_tests.js
+++ b/packages/spacebars-compiler/compile_tests.js
@@ -40,220 +40,14 @@ Tinytest.add("spacebars-compiler - compiler output", function (test) {
     }
   };
 
-
-
-  run("abc",
-      function () {
-        var view = this;
-        return "abc";
-      });
-
-  run("{{foo}}",
-      function() {
-        var view = this;
-        return Blaze.View(function() {
-          return Spacebars.mustache(view.lookup("foo"));
-        });
-      });
-
-  run("{{foo bar}}",
-      function() {
-        var view = this;
-        return Blaze.View(function() {
-          return Spacebars.mustache(view.lookup("foo"),
-                                    view.lookup("bar"));
-        });
-      });
-
-  run("{{foo x=bar}}",
-      function() {
-        var view = this;
-        return Blaze.View(function() {
-          return Spacebars.mustache(view.lookup("foo"), Spacebars.kw({
-            x: view.lookup("bar")
-          }));
-        });
-      });
-
-  run("{{foo.bar baz}}",
-      function() {
-        var view = this;
-        return Blaze.View(function() {
-          return Spacebars.mustache(Spacebars.dot(
-                   view.lookup("foo"), "bar"),
-                   view.lookup("baz"));
-        });
-      });
-
-  run("{{foo bar.baz}}",
-      function() {
-        var view = this;
-        return Blaze.View(function() {
-          return Spacebars.mustache(view.lookup("foo"),
-                 Spacebars.dot(view.lookup("bar"), "baz"));
-        });
-      });
-
-  run("{{foo x=bar.baz}}",
-      function() {
-        var view = this;
-        return Blaze.View(function() {
-          return Spacebars.mustache(view.lookup("foo"), Spacebars.kw({
-            x: Spacebars.dot(view.lookup("bar"), "baz")
-          }));
-        });
-      });
-
-  run("{{#foo}}abc{{/foo}}",
-      function() {
-        var view = this;
-        return Spacebars.include(view.lookupTemplate("foo"), (function() {
-          return "abc";
-        }));
-      });
-
-  run("{{#if cond}}aaa{{else}}bbb{{/if}}",
-      function() {
-        var view = this;
-        return Blaze.If(function () {
-          return Spacebars.call(view.lookup("cond"));
-        }, (function() {
-          return "aaa";
-        }), (function() {
-          return "bbb";
-        }));
-      });
-
-  run("{{!-- --}}{{#if cond}}aaa{{!\n}}{{else}}{{!}}bbb{{!-- --}}{{/if}}{{!}}",
-    function() {
-      var view = this;
-      return Blaze.If(function () {
-        return Spacebars.call(view.lookup("cond"));
-      }, (function() {
-        return "aaa";
-      }), (function() {
-        return "bbb";
-      }));
-    });
-
-  run("{{> foo bar}}",
-      function() {
-        var view = this;
-        return Spacebars.TemplateWith(function() {
-          return Spacebars.call(view.lookup("bar"));
-        }, function() {
-          return Spacebars.include(view.lookupTemplate("foo"));
-        });
-      });
-
-  run("{{> foo x=bar}}",
-      function() {
-        var view = this;
-        return Spacebars.TemplateWith(function() {
-          return {
-            x: Spacebars.call(view.lookup("bar"))
-          };
-        }, function() {
-          return Spacebars.include(view.lookupTemplate("foo"));
-        });
-      }
-     );
-
-  run("{{> foo bar.baz}}",
-      function() {
-        var view = this;
-        return Spacebars.TemplateWith(function() {
-          return Spacebars.call(Spacebars.dot(view.lookup("bar"), "baz"));
-        }, function() {
-          return Spacebars.include(view.lookupTemplate("foo"));
-        });
-      });
-
-  run("{{> foo x=bar.baz}}",
-      function() {
-        var view = this;
-        return Spacebars.TemplateWith(function() {
-          return {
-            x: Spacebars.call(Spacebars.dot(view.lookup("bar"), "baz"))
-          };
-        }, function() {
-          return Spacebars.include(view.lookupTemplate("foo"));
-        });
-      });
-
-  run("{{> foo bar baz}}",
-      function() {
-        var view = this;
-        return Spacebars.TemplateWith(function() {
-          return Spacebars.dataMustache(view.lookup("bar"), view.lookup("baz"));
-        }, function() {
-          return Spacebars.include(view.lookupTemplate("foo"));
-        });
-      }
-     );
-
-  run("{{#foo bar baz}}aaa{{/foo}}",
-      function() {
-        var view = this;
-        return Spacebars.TemplateWith(function() {
-          return Spacebars.dataMustache(view.lookup("bar"), view.lookup("baz"));
-        }, function() {
-          return Spacebars.include(view.lookupTemplate("foo"), (function() {
-            return "aaa";
-          }));
-        });
-      });
-
-  run("{{#foo p.q r.s}}aaa{{/foo}}",
-      function() {
-        var view = this;
-        return Spacebars.TemplateWith(function() {
-          return Spacebars.dataMustache(Spacebars.dot(view.lookup("p"), "q"), Spacebars.dot(view.lookup("r"), "s"));
-        }, function() {
-          return Spacebars.include(view.lookupTemplate("foo"), (function() {
-            return "aaa";
-          }));
-        });
-      });
-
-  run("<a {{b}}></a>",
-      function() {
-        var view = this;
-        return HTML.A(HTML.Attrs(function() {
-          return Spacebars.attrMustache(view.lookup("b"));
-        }));
-      });
-
-  run("<a {{b}} c=d{{e}}f></a>",
-      function() {
-        var view = this;
-        return HTML.A(HTML.Attrs({
-          c: (function() { return [
-            "d",
-            Spacebars.mustache(view.lookup("e")),
-            "f" ]; })
-        }, function() {
-          return Spacebars.attrMustache(view.lookup("b"));
-        }));
-      });
-
-  run("<asdf>{{foo}}</asdf>",
-      function() {
-        var view = this;
-        return HTML.getTag("asdf")(Blaze.View(function() {
-          return Spacebars.mustache(view.lookup("foo"));
-        }));
-      });
-
-  run("<textarea>{{foo}}</textarea>",
-      function() {
-        var view = this;
-        return HTML.TEXTAREA({value: (function () {
-          return Spacebars.mustache(view.lookup("foo"));
-        }) });
-      });
+  coffee.runCompilerOutputTests(run);
 });
 
+coffee = {
+  runCompilerOutputTests: null // implemented in compiler_output_tests.coffee
+};
+
+
 Tinytest.add("spacebars-compiler - compiler errors", function (test) {
 
   var getError = function (input) {
diff --git a/packages/spacebars-compiler/compiler_output_tests.coffee b/packages/spacebars-compiler/compiler_output_tests.coffee
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3ce1183248
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/spacebars-compiler/compiler_output_tests.coffee
@@ -0,0 +1,253 @@
+coffee.runCompilerOutputTests = (run) ->
+  run "abc",
+  """
+  function () {
+    var view = this;
+    return "abc";
+  }
+  """
+
+  run "{{foo}}",
+  """
+  function() {
+    var view = this;
+    return Blaze.View(function() {
+      return Spacebars.mustache(view.lookup("foo"));
+    });
+  }
+  """
+
+  run "{{foo bar}}",
+  """
+  function() {
+    var view = this;
+    return Blaze.View(function() {
+      return Spacebars.mustache(view.lookup("foo"),
+                                view.lookup("bar"));
+    });
+  }
+  """
+
+  run "{{foo x=bar}}",
+  """
+  function() {
+    var view = this;
+    return Blaze.View(function() {
+      return Spacebars.mustache(view.lookup("foo"), Spacebars.kw({
+        x: view.lookup("bar")
+      }));
+    });
+  }
+  """
+
+  run "{{foo.bar baz}}",
+  """
+  function() {
+    var view = this;
+    return Blaze.View(function() {
+      return Spacebars.mustache(Spacebars.dot(
+               view.lookup("foo"), "bar"),
+               view.lookup("baz"));
+    });
+  }
+  """
+
+  run "{{foo bar.baz}}",
+  """
+  function() {
+    var view = this;
+    return Blaze.View(function() {
+      return Spacebars.mustache(view.lookup("foo"),
+             Spacebars.dot(view.lookup("bar"), "baz"));
+    });
+  }
+  """
+
+  run "{{foo x=bar.baz}}",
+  """
+  function() {
+    var view = this;
+    return Blaze.View(function() {
+      return Spacebars.mustache(view.lookup("foo"), Spacebars.kw({
+        x: Spacebars.dot(view.lookup("bar"), "baz")
+      }));
+    });
+  }
+  """
+
+  run "{{#foo}}abc{{/foo}}",
+  """
+  function() {
+    var view = this;
+    return Spacebars.include(view.lookupTemplate("foo"), (function() {
+      return "abc";
+    }));
+  }
+  """
+
+  run "{{#if cond}}aaa{{else}}bbb{{/if}}",
+  """
+  function() {
+    var view = this;
+    return Blaze.If(function () {
+      return Spacebars.call(view.lookup("cond"));
+    }, (function() {
+      return "aaa";
+    }), (function() {
+      return "bbb";
+    }));
+  }
+  """
+
+  run "{{!-- --}}{{#if cond}}aaa{{!\n}}{{else}}{{!}}bbb{{!-- --}}{{/if}}{{!}}",
+  """
+function() {
+  var view = this;
+  return Blaze.If(function () {
+    return Spacebars.call(view.lookup("cond"));
+  }, (function() {
+    return "aaa";
+  }), (function() {
+    return "bbb";
+  }));
+}
+  """
+
+  run "{{> foo bar}}",
+  """
+  function() {
+    var view = this;
+    return Spacebars.TemplateWith(function() {
+      return Spacebars.call(view.lookup("bar"));
+    }, function() {
+      return Spacebars.include(view.lookupTemplate("foo"));
+    });
+  }
+  """
+
+  run "{{> foo x=bar}}",
+  """
+  function() {
+    var view = this;
+    return Spacebars.TemplateWith(function() {
+      return {
+        x: Spacebars.call(view.lookup("bar"))
+      };
+    }, function() {
+      return Spacebars.include(view.lookupTemplate("foo"));
+    });
+  }
+
+  """
+
+  run "{{> foo bar.baz}}",
+  """
+  function() {
+    var view = this;
+    return Spacebars.TemplateWith(function() {
+      return Spacebars.call(Spacebars.dot(view.lookup("bar"), "baz"));
+    }, function() {
+      return Spacebars.include(view.lookupTemplate("foo"));
+    });
+  }
+  """
+
+  run "{{> foo x=bar.baz}}",
+  """
+  function() {
+    var view = this;
+    return Spacebars.TemplateWith(function() {
+      return {
+        x: Spacebars.call(Spacebars.dot(view.lookup("bar"), "baz"))
+      };
+    }, function() {
+      return Spacebars.include(view.lookupTemplate("foo"));
+    });
+  }
+  """
+
+  run "{{> foo bar baz}}",
+  """
+  function() {
+    var view = this;
+    return Spacebars.TemplateWith(function() {
+      return Spacebars.dataMustache(view.lookup("bar"), view.lookup("baz"));
+    }, function() {
+      return Spacebars.include(view.lookupTemplate("foo"));
+    });
+  }
+
+  """
+
+  run "{{#foo bar baz}}aaa{{/foo}}",
+  """
+  function() {
+    var view = this;
+    return Spacebars.TemplateWith(function() {
+      return Spacebars.dataMustache(view.lookup("bar"), view.lookup("baz"));
+    }, function() {
+      return Spacebars.include(view.lookupTemplate("foo"), (function() {
+        return "aaa";
+      }));
+    });
+  }
+  """
+
+  run "{{#foo p.q r.s}}aaa{{/foo}}",
+  """
+  function() {
+    var view = this;
+    return Spacebars.TemplateWith(function() {
+      return Spacebars.dataMustache(Spacebars.dot(view.lookup("p"), "q"), Spacebars.dot(view.lookup("r"), "s"));
+    }, function() {
+      return Spacebars.include(view.lookupTemplate("foo"), (function() {
+        return "aaa";
+      }));
+    });
+  }
+  """
+
+  run "<a {{b}}></a>",
+  """
+  function() {
+    var view = this;
+    return HTML.A(HTML.Attrs(function() {
+      return Spacebars.attrMustache(view.lookup("b"));
+    }));
+  }
+  """
+
+  run "<a {{b}} c=d{{e}}f></a>",
+  """
+  function() {
+    var view = this;
+    return HTML.A(HTML.Attrs({
+      c: (function() { return [
+        "d",
+        Spacebars.mustache(view.lookup("e")),
+        "f" ]; })
+    }, function() {
+      return Spacebars.attrMustache(view.lookup("b"));
+    }));
+  }
+  """
+
+  run "<asdf>{{foo}}</asdf>",
+  """
+  function() {
+    var view = this;
+    return HTML.getTag("asdf")(Blaze.View(function() {
+      return Spacebars.mustache(view.lookup("foo"));
+    }));
+  }
+  """
+
+  run "<textarea>{{foo}}</textarea>",
+  """
+  function() {
+    var view = this;
+    return HTML.TEXTAREA({value: (function () {
+      return Spacebars.mustache(view.lookup("foo"));
+    }) });
+  }
+  """
diff --git a/packages/spacebars-compiler/package.js b/packages/spacebars-compiler/package.js
index 783791cad2..2477e7c3c1 100644
--- a/packages/spacebars-compiler/package.js
+++ b/packages/spacebars-compiler/package.js
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ Package.on_test(function (api) {
   api.use('spacebars-compiler');
   api.use('tinytest');
   api.use('blaze-tools');
+  api.use('coffeescript');
   api.add_files('spacebars_tests.js');
   api.add_files('compile_tests.js');
+  api.add_files('compiler_output_tests.coffee');
 });