diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index fbcecc11..d14718ea 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@
 Gemfile.lock
 pkg/*
 rdoc/
+coverage/
 scratch/
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index dc27bb2d..f0cb5e54 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ namespace :test do
   end
 end
 
+# Generate documentation
+begin
+  require 'sdoc'
+rescue LoadError
+end
 require 'rake/rdoctask'
 Rake::RDocTask.new do |rdoc|
   rdoc.rdoc_dir = 'rdoc'
@@ -25,3 +30,18 @@ Rake::RDocTask.new do |rdoc|
   rdoc.rdoc_files.include('README.rdoc')
   rdoc.rdoc_files.include('lib/**/*.rb')
 end
+
+# Generate coverage reports
+begin
+  require 'rcov/rcovtask'
+  Rcov::RcovTask.new do |test|
+    test.libs << 'test'
+    test.rcov_opts = ['--exclude', 'gems/*']
+    test.pattern = 'test/**/*_test.rb'
+    test.verbose = true
+  end
+rescue LoadError
+  task :rcov do
+    abort "RCov is not available. In order to run rcov, you must: sudo gem install rcov"
+  end
+end
diff --git a/slingshot.gemspec b/slingshot.gemspec
index ba04ccfa..24a68206 100644
--- a/slingshot.gemspec
+++ b/slingshot.gemspec
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.add_development_dependency "turn"
   s.add_development_dependency "shoulda"
   s.add_development_dependency "mocha"
+  s.add_development_dependency "sdoc"
+  s.add_development_dependency "rcov"
 
   s.description = <<-DESC
    Ruby API for the ElasticSearch search engine/database.