diff --git a/test/integration/helpers.js b/test/integration/helpers.js
index 78251c986b..0d65e91e6b 100644
--- a/test/integration/helpers.js
+++ b/test/integration/helpers.js
@@ -143,6 +143,8 @@ module.exports = {
 
   invokeMochaAsync: invokeMochaAsync,
 
+  invokeNode: invokeNode,
+
   /**
    * Resolves the path to a fixture to the full path.
    */
@@ -227,6 +229,19 @@ function invokeMochaAsync(args, opts) {
   return [mochaProcess, resultPromise];
 }
 
+/**
+ * Invokes Node without Mocha binary with the given arguments,
+ * when Mocha is used programmatically.
+ */
+function invokeNode(args, fn, opts) {
+  if (typeof args === 'function') {
+    opts = fn;
+    fn = args;
+    args = [];
+  }
+  return _spawnMochaWithListeners(args, fn, opts);
+}
+
 function invokeSubMocha(args, fn, opts) {
   if (typeof args === 'function') {
     opts = fn;