diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6c9ec7593..dff6ab0ad 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 .ruby-version
 .rvmrc
 .yardoc
-coverage/
 doc/
 Gemfile.lock
 gemfiles/*.lock
diff --git a/audited.gemspec b/audited.gemspec
index 99527a8b6..e389a84b9 100644
--- a/audited.gemspec
+++ b/audited.gemspec
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |gem|
   gem.add_development_dependency 'appraisal'
   gem.add_development_dependency 'rails', '>= 4.0', '< 5.2'
   gem.add_development_dependency 'rspec-rails', '~> 3.5'
+  gem.add_development_dependency 'single_cov'
 
   # JRuby support for the test ENV
   if defined?(JRUBY_VERSION)
diff --git a/spec/audited/audit_spec.rb b/spec/audited/audit_spec.rb
index 3260072eb..cad7c35d4 100644
--- a/spec/audited/audit_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/audited/audit_spec.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 require "spec_helper"
 
+SingleCov.covered! uncovered: 3 # not testing json object and collection_cache_key
+
 describe Audited::Audit do
   let(:user) { Models::ActiveRecord::User.new name: "Testing" }
 
diff --git a/spec/audited/auditor_spec.rb b/spec/audited/auditor_spec.rb
index f6c4543d7..0f6357dfd 100644
--- a/spec/audited/auditor_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/audited/auditor_spec.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 require "spec_helper"
 
+SingleCov.covered! uncovered: 1 # not testing proxy_respond_to? hack
+
 describe Audited::Auditor do
 
   describe "configuration" do
diff --git a/spec/audited/sweeper_spec.rb b/spec/audited/sweeper_spec.rb
index 07093fb40..7d6898e75 100644
--- a/spec/audited/sweeper_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/audited/sweeper_spec.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 require "spec_helper"
 
+SingleCov.covered!
+
 class AuditsController < ActionController::Base
   before_action :populate_user
 
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index 1818d25e2..0ba962f21 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 ENV['RAILS_ENV'] = 'test'
+require 'bundler/setup'
+require 'single_cov'
+SingleCov.setup :rspec
 
 require 'bundler'
 if Bundler.definition.dependencies.map(&:name).include?('protected_attributes')