diff --git a/git_stats.gemspec b/git_stats.gemspec
index 80fafe944..27d786548 100644
--- a/git_stats.gemspec
+++ b/git_stats.gemspec
@@ -27,4 +27,5 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |gem|
   gem.add_development_dependency('rake')
   gem.add_development_dependency('pry')
   gem.add_development_dependency('rspec')
+  gem.add_development_dependency('simplecov')
 end
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index ae1aba41a..d6253eb53 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -1 +1,4 @@
-require 'git_stats'
+require 'simplecov'
+SimpleCov.start
+
+require 'git_stats'
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