diff --git a/spec/support/coverage.rb b/spec/support/coverage.rb
index f5b93400..ab12f3fa 100644
--- a/spec/support/coverage.rb
+++ b/spec/support/coverage.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
-require 'simplecov'
+unless ENV['SKIP_COVERAGE']
+  require 'simplecov'
 
-SimpleCov.start do
-  coverage_dir '.coverage'
-  add_filter "/spec/"
-  add_group "v3", "lib/travis/api/v3"
+  SimpleCov.start do
+    coverage_dir '.coverage'
+    add_filter "/spec/"
+    add_group "v3", "lib/travis/api/v3"
+  end
 end