diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7cf7857..1bf9bd9 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 .idea
 .rvmrc
+coverage
 doc
 rdoc
 pkg
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index f068230..3a4af49 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -25,13 +25,6 @@ RSpec::Core::RakeTask.new(:doc) do |t|
   t.pattern = 'spec/*_spec.rb'
 end
 
-desc "Run all examples with RCov"
-RSpec::Core::RakeTask.new('rcov') do |t|
-  t.pattern = 'spec/*_spec.rb'
-  t.rcov = true
-  t.rcov_opts = ['--exclude', 'examples']
-end
-
 task :default => :spec
 
 ############################
diff --git a/rest-client.gemspec b/rest-client.gemspec
index 9e26d10..c4f4121 100644
--- a/rest-client.gemspec
+++ b/rest-client.gemspec
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.add_runtime_dependency(%q<mime-types>, [">= 1.16"])
   s.add_development_dependency(%q<webmock>, ["~> 1.4"])
   s.add_development_dependency(%q<rspec>, ["~> 2.4"])
+  s.add_development_dependency(%q<simplecov>)
   s.add_dependency(%q<netrc>, ["~> 0.7.7"])
   s.add_dependency(%q<rdoc>, [">= 2.4.2"])
 end
diff --git a/spec/base.rb b/spec/base.rb
index 1494a0b..5083102 100644
--- a/spec/base.rb
+++ b/spec/base.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+require 'simplecov'
+SimpleCov.start do
+  add_filter 'vendor/'
+  add_filter 'spec/'
+end
+
 def is_ruby_19?
   RUBY_VERSION > '1.9'
 end