diff --git a/integration/language_service_plugin/README.md b/integration/language_service_plugin/README.md
index 1f76230fa9..a687d839b2 100644
--- a/integration/language_service_plugin/README.md
+++ b/integration/language_service_plugin/README.md
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ To use the tests:
 
 - Use `yarn install` to install all dependencies in this directory and in the Angular repo root
     directory.
-- From the Angular repo root directory, build Angular in the `dist/packages-dist` folder with
-    `./scripts/build-packages-dist.sh`.
-- In this directory, run the tests with `yarn test`.
+- Build an Angular distribution with `yarn build-dist`. This needs to be done after changes to
+    Angular, but not after changes to integration tests. This is an expensive build.
+- In this directory, run the integration tests with `yarn test`.
 
 ## Update golden files
 
diff --git a/integration/language_service_plugin/package.json b/integration/language_service_plugin/package.json
index 3fe1900776..23d77fcbbf 100644
--- a/integration/language_service_plugin/package.json
+++ b/integration/language_service_plugin/package.json
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
   },
   "scripts": {
     "build": "tsc -p tsconfig.json",
+    "build-dist": "../../scripts/build-packages-dist.sh && yarn install --check-files",
     "cleanup": "rm -rf ti-*.log tsserver.log",
     "golden": "yarn build && node generate.js",
     "test": "yarn cleanup && yarn build && jasmine test.js"