diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9c7a17eb..1bc95092 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -10,3 +10,4 @@ _site/
 bbin/
 gh-pages/
 site/_site/
+coverage
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 257da617..9504dc1d 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -55,14 +55,6 @@ Rake::TestTask.new(:test) do |test|
   test.verbose = true
 end
 
-desc "Generate RCov test coverage and open in your browser"
-task :coverage do
-  require 'rcov'
-  sh "rm -fr coverage"
-  sh "rcov test/test_*.rb"
-  sh "open coverage/index.html"
-end
-
 require 'rdoc/task'
 Rake::RDocTask.new do |rdoc|
   rdoc.rdoc_dir = 'rdoc'
diff --git a/jekyll.gemspec b/jekyll.gemspec
index 86df546b..ea593886 100644
--- a/jekyll.gemspec
+++ b/jekyll.gemspec
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.add_development_dependency('rdiscount', "~> 1.6")
   s.add_development_dependency('redcarpet', "~> 2.1.1")
   s.add_development_dependency('launchy', "~> 2.1.2")
+  s.add_development_dependency('simplecov', "~> 0.7")
   
   # = MANIFEST =
   s.files = %w[
diff --git a/test/helper.rb b/test/helper.rb
index 491a41c7..69a4cbe5 100644
--- a/test/helper.rb
+++ b/test/helper.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+require 'simplecov'
+SimpleCov.start do
+  add_filter "/test/"
+end
+
 require 'rubygems'
 gem 'RedCloth', '>= 4.2.1'