diff --git a/.ansible-lint b/.ansible-lint
index fdd9100a2c..449295e7b6 100644
--- a/.ansible-lint
+++ b/.ansible-lint
@@ -34,3 +34,15 @@ skip_list:
   - risky-shell-pipe
   - schema
   - var-naming
+
+exclude_paths:
+  # Ansible-lint uses "ansible-playbook --syntax-check" as its "syntax check",
+  # which bails out on roles it cannot find. The following playbooks are 100% valid,
+  # but we need to skip them due to ansible-lint's syntax check's deficiencies...
+  - tests/integration/targets/filter_hashids/runme.yml
+  - tests/integration/targets/filter_jc/runme.yml
+  - tests/integration/targets/filter_json_patch/runme.yml
+  - tests/integration/targets/filter_json_query/runme.yml
+  - tests/integration/targets/lookup_etcd3/dependencies.yml
+  - tests/integration/targets/lookup_etcd3/test_lookup_etcd3.yml
+  - tests/integration/targets/test_fqdn_valid/runme.yml