diff --git a/karma.conf.js b/karma.conf.js
index bb1f22e..f3d7f60 100644
--- a/karma.conf.js
+++ b/karma.conf.js
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ module.exports = function (config) {
       devtool: 'inline-source-map',
       module: {
         loaders: [
-          { test: /\.js$/, loader: 'babel-loader' }
+          { test: /\.js$/, exclude: /node_modules/, loader: 'babel-loader?optional=runtime' }
         ]
       },
       plugins: [
diff --git a/lib/__tests__/index-test.js b/lib/__tests__/index-test.js
index 000f44e..ad760a6 100644
--- a/lib/__tests__/index-test.js
+++ b/lib/__tests__/index-test.js
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ describe('tags', () => {
     });
 
     it('dissallows the word "image" in the alt attribute', () => {
-      expectWarning(assertions.tags.img.REDUDANT_ALT.msg, () => {
+      expectWarning(assertions.tags.img.REDUNDANT_ALT.msg, () => {
         <img src="cat.gif" alt="image of a cat"/>;
       });
     });
@@ -524,4 +524,24 @@ describe('device is set to mobile', () => {
       });
     });
   });
-});
\ No newline at end of file
+});
+
+describe('exclusions', () => {
+  var createElement = React.createElement;
+
+  before(() => {
+    a11y(React, { exclude: ['REDUNDANT_ALT'] });
+  });
+
+  after(() => {
+    React.createElement = createElement;
+  });
+
+  describe('when REDUNDANT_ALT is excluded', () => {
+    it('does not warn when the word "image" in the alt attribute', () => {
+      doNotExpectWarning(assertions.tags.img.REDUNDANT_ALT.msg, () => {
+        <img src="cat.gif" alt="image of a cat"/>;
+      });
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/lib/assertions.js b/lib/assertions.js
index 764c45d..a6534a5 100644
--- a/lib/assertions.js
+++ b/lib/assertions.js
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@ var INTERACTIVE = {
   }
 };
 
-const DEVICE = { 'DESKTOP': 'desktop', 'MOBILE': 'mobile' };
-
 var hasAlt = (props) => {
   return typeof props.alt === 'string';
 };
@@ -117,7 +115,6 @@ exports.props = {
     },
 
     NO_TABINDEX: {
-      device: DEVICE.DESKTOP,
       msg: 'You have a click handler on a non-interactive element but no `tabIndex` DOM property. The element will not be navigable or interactive by keyboard users. http://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria-practices/#focus_tabindex',
       test (tagName, props, children) {
         return !(
@@ -128,7 +125,6 @@ exports.props = {
     },
 
     BUTTON_ROLE_SPACE: {
-      device: DEVICE.DESKTOP,
       msg: 'You have `role="button"` but did not define an `onKeyDown` handler. Add it, and have the "Space" key do the same thing as an `onClick` handler.',
       test (tagName, props, children) {
         return !(props.role === 'button' && !props.onKeyDown);
@@ -136,7 +132,6 @@ exports.props = {
     },
 
     BUTTON_ROLE_ENTER: {
-      device: DEVICE.DESKTOP,
       msg: 'You have `role="button"` but did not define an `onKeyDown` handler. Add it, and have the "Enter" key do the same thing as an `onClick` handler.',
       test (tagName, props, children) {
         return !(props.role === 'button' && !props.onKeyDown);
@@ -170,7 +165,7 @@ exports.tags = {
       }
     },
 
-    REDUDANT_ALT: {
+    REDUNDANT_ALT: {
       // TODO: have some way to set localization strings to match against
       msg: 'Screen-readers already announce `img` tags as an image, you don\'t need to use the word "image" in the description',
       test (tagName, props, children) {
diff --git a/lib/index.js b/lib/index.js
index de5df9f..95539d7 100644
--- a/lib/index.js
+++ b/lib/index.js
@@ -1,20 +1,29 @@
 var assertions = require('./assertions');
 var after = require('./after');
 
-var deviceMatches = (test, deviceFilter) => {
-  if (!test.device)
-    return true;
+const mobileExclusions = [
+  'NO_TABINDEX',
+  'BUTTON_ROLE_SPACE',
+  'BUTTON_ROLE_ENTER'
+];
+
+var shouldRunTest = (testName, options) => {
+  var exclude = options.exclude || [];
+
+  if (options.device == 'mobile') {
+    exclude = new Set(exclude.concat(mobileExclusions));
+    exclude = [...exclude];
+  }
 
-  return (deviceFilter.indexOf(test.device) != -1);
+  return (exclude.indexOf(testName) == -1);
 };
 
-var runTagTests = (tagName, props, children, deviceFilter, onFailure) => {
+var runTagTests = (tagName, props, children, options, onFailure) => {
   var key;
   var tagTests = assertions.tags[tagName] || [];
 
   for (key in tagTests) {
-    let shouldRunTest = deviceMatches(tagTests[key], deviceFilter);
-    let testFailed = shouldRunTest &&
+    let testFailed = shouldRunTest(key, options) &&
       !tagTests[key].test(tagName, props, children);
 
     if (tagTests[key] && testFailed)
@@ -22,7 +31,7 @@ var runTagTests = (tagName, props, children, deviceFilter, onFailure) => {
    }
 };
 
-var runPropTests = (tagName, props, children, deviceFilter, onFailure) => {
+var runPropTests = (tagName, props, children, options, onFailure) => {
   var key;
   var propTests;
 
@@ -32,8 +41,7 @@ var runPropTests = (tagName, props, children, deviceFilter, onFailure) => {
     propTests = assertions.props[propName] || [];
 
     for (key in propTests) {
-      let shouldRunTest = deviceMatches(propTests[key], deviceFilter);
-      let testTailed = shouldRunTest &&
+      let testTailed = shouldRunTest(key, options) &&
         !propTests[key].test(tagName, props, children);
 
       if (propTests[key] && testTailed)
@@ -42,12 +50,12 @@ var runPropTests = (tagName, props, children, deviceFilter, onFailure) => {
   }
 };
 
-var runLabelTests = (tagName, props, children, deviceFilter, onFailure) => {
+var runLabelTests = (tagName, props, children, options, onFailure) => {
   var key;
   var renderTests = assertions.render;
 
   for (key in renderTests) {
-    if (renderTests[key]) {
+    if (shouldRunTest(key, options) && renderTests[key]) {
       let failureCB = onFailure.bind(
         undefined, tagName, props, renderTests[key].msg);
 
@@ -56,10 +64,10 @@ var runLabelTests = (tagName, props, children, deviceFilter, onFailure) => {
   }
 };
 
-var runTests = (tagName, props, children, deviceFilter, onFailure) => {
+var runTests = (tagName, props, children, options, onFailure) => {
   var tests = [runTagTests, runPropTests, runLabelTests];
   tests.map((test) => {
-    test(tagName, props, children, deviceFilter, onFailure);
+    test(tagName, props, children, options, onFailure);
   });
 };
 
@@ -168,17 +176,17 @@ var reactA11y = (React, options) => {
   assertions.setReact(React);
 
   _createElement = React.createElement;
-  var deviceFilter = options && options.device || ['desktop'];
 
   React.createElement = (type, _props, ...children) => {
     var props = _props || {};
+    options = options || {};
 
     props.id = createId(props);
     var reactEl = _createElement.apply(this, [type, props].concat(children));
     var failureCB = handleFailure.bind(undefined, options, reactEl);
 
     if (typeof type === 'string')
-      runTests(type, props, children, deviceFilter, failureCB);
+      runTests(type, props, children, options, failureCB);
 
     return reactEl;
   };
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 33b4074..e2d5b70 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
   "scripts": {
     "test": "jsxhint . && karma start --single-run",
     "watch-tests": "npm test -- --watch",
-    "prepublish": "babel -d dist lib",
+    "prepublish": "babel --optional runtime lib --out-dir dist",
     "release": "release"
   },
   "authors": [
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
     "babel": "^5.2.17",
     "babel-core": "^5.2.17",
     "babel-loader": "^5.0.0",
+    "babel-runtime": "^5.1.11",
     "jsx-loader": "^0.12.2",
     "jsxhint": "^0.8.1",
     "karma": "^0.12.28",
diff --git a/webpack.config.js b/webpack.config.js
index 74a5e0a..c7934d8 100644
--- a/webpack.config.js
+++ b/webpack.config.js
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ module.exports = {
 
   module: {
     loaders: [
-      { test: /\.js$/, loader: 'jsx-loader?harmony' }
+      { test: /\.js$/, exclude: /node_modules/, loader: 'babel-loader?optional=runtime' }
     ]
   }