diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 47ebb162b..2027a27c9 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -7,17 +7,18 @@ gemfile:
 before_install:
   - gem install bundler
   - bundle config --local without local_development yard guard
-# env:
-#   - "rack=1.3.4"
 rvm:
   # 2.1, not 2.1.0 until fixed https://github.com/travis-ci/travis-ci/issues/2220
   - 2.1
   - 2.0.0
   - 1.9.3
   - 1.9.2
-  - jruby
   - rbx-2
 matrix:
+  include:
+    - rvm: jruby
+      env: JRUBY_OPTS="--debug"
   allow_failures:
     - rvm: rbx-2
     - rvm: 2.1
+  fast_finish: true
diff --git a/lib/metric_fu/metrics/rcov/simplecov_formatter.rb b/lib/metric_fu/metrics/rcov/simplecov_formatter.rb
index 68d1ba218..deace7bb0 100644
--- a/lib/metric_fu/metrics/rcov/simplecov_formatter.rb
+++ b/lib/metric_fu/metrics/rcov/simplecov_formatter.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+if defined?(JRUBY_VERSION)
+  if ENV["JRUBY_OPTS"].to_s !~ /-Xcli.debug=true/
+    warn "Coverage may be inaccurate; Try setting JRUBY_OPTS=\"-Xcli.debug=true --debug\""
+    # see https://github.com/metricfu/metric_fu/pull/226
+    #     https://github.com/jruby/jruby/issues/1196
+    #     https://jira.codehaus.org/browse/JRUBY-6106
+    #     https://github.com/colszowka/simplecov/issues/86
+  end
+end
 require 'simplecov'
 require_relative 'external_client'
 require_relative 'rcov_format_coverage'
diff --git a/spec/metric_fu/metrics/rcov/simplecov_formatter_spec.rb b/spec/metric_fu/metrics/rcov/simplecov_formatter_spec.rb
index aaa3dd427..c780e6ea8 100644
--- a/spec/metric_fu/metrics/rcov/simplecov_formatter_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/metric_fu/metrics/rcov/simplecov_formatter_spec.rb
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@
       expect(content).to match(/!!     value \* value/)
     end
 
+    if defined?(JRUBY_VERSION)
+      STDOUT.puts "Skipping spec 'cause JRuby doesn't do Coverage right"
+    else
     it 'calculates the same coverage from an RCov report as from SimpleCov' do
       SimpleCov.start # start coverage
       require 'fixtures/coverage-153'
@@ -60,6 +63,7 @@
         expect(line.coverage).to eq(line_coverage_from_rcov_text[index])
       end
     end
+    end
 
   end
 end