diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index cfa2243..3981564 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,4 +5,5 @@ pkg/*
 .DS_Store
 *.pyc
 *.pyo
-.venv
\ No newline at end of file
+.venv
+coverage
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index afd9366..fcf68e4 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -3,3 +3,5 @@ source "http://rubygems.org"
 # Specify your gem's dependencies in ..gemspec
 gemspec
 
+gem 'simplecov'
+gem 'simplecov-rcov'
diff --git a/test/govspeak_test.rb b/test/govspeak_test.rb
index e437175..39b57f4 100644
--- a/test/govspeak_test.rb
+++ b/test/govspeak_test.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+require 'simplecov'
+require 'simplecov-rcov'
+
+SimpleCov.start
+SimpleCov.formatter = SimpleCov::Formatter::RcovFormatter
+
 require 'test_helper'
 
 class GovspeakTest < Test::Unit::TestCase