diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index eb872b9..2f2a2c0 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -14,3 +14,5 @@ Gemfile.lock
 Jarfile.lock
 .jbundler/
 lib/hermann_jars.rb
+coverage/
+spec/reports
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index ab87326..49579e3 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ group :development do
   gem 'jar-dependencies', :platform => :jruby
   gem 'rake-compiler'
   gem 'pry'
-  gem 'ci_reporter_rspec'
 
   # Used for testing `zk` gem based functionality
   gem 'zk', '~> 1.9.4'
@@ -24,4 +23,8 @@ group :test do
   # Used for testing encoding protobufs in an out of Hermann in integration
   # tests
   gem 'protobuffy'
+
+  gem 'ci_reporter_rspec'
+  gem 'simplecov'
+  gem 'simplecov-rcov'
 end
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index 943699c..f27f3d6 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@ require 'rubygems'
 require 'yaml'
 require 'rspec'
 
+require 'simplecov'
+require 'simplecov-rcov'
+
+SimpleCov.start do
+  formatter = SimpleCov::Formatter::RcovFormatter
+end
+
 # Add ext/ to the load path so we can load `hermann_lib`
 $LOAD_PATH.unshift(File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../ext/'))
 $LOAD_PATH.unshift(File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../lib/'))