diff --git a/org.ektorp/src/test/java/org/ektorp/http/BulkTest.java b/org.ektorp/src/test/java/org/ektorp/http/BulkIT.java
similarity index 90%
rename from org.ektorp/src/test/java/org/ektorp/http/BulkTest.java
rename to org.ektorp/src/test/java/org/ektorp/http/BulkIT.java
index 10eb2881..f0c9844d 100644
--- a/org.ektorp/src/test/java/org/ektorp/http/BulkTest.java
+++ b/org.ektorp/src/test/java/org/ektorp/http/BulkIT.java
@@ -11,10 +11,7 @@
 import org.ektorp.impl.StdObjectMapperFactory;
 import org.ektorp.impl.StreamedCouchDbConnector;
 import org.ektorp.support.CouchDbDocument;
-import org.junit.After;
-import org.junit.Before;
-import org.junit.Ignore;
-import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.*;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
@@ -50,10 +47,9 @@
         at org.ektorp.http.StdHttpClient.executeRequest(StdHttpClient.java:96)
         ... 5 more
 */
-@Ignore
-public class BulkTest {
+public class BulkIT {
 
-    private final static Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(StdCouchDbInstance.class);
+    private final static Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(BulkIT.class);
 
     private HttpClient httpClient;
 
@@ -67,7 +63,7 @@ public class BulkTest {
 
     private boolean createDatabaseIfNeeded = true;
 
-    private boolean deleteDatabaseIfNeeded = false;
+    private boolean deleteDatabaseIfNeeded = true;
 
     @Before
     public void setUp() {
@@ -165,7 +161,7 @@ public void shouldUpdateInBulkWithManyElementsWithStreamedCouchDbConnector() thr
     }
 
     public void doUpdateInBulkWithOneElement(CouchDbConnector db) throws Exception {
-        final int iterationsCount = 100;
+        final int iterationsCount = 10;
 
         // create document "myid"
         try {
@@ -192,8 +188,8 @@ public void doUpdateInBulkWithOneElement(CouchDbConnector db) throws Exception {
 
 
     public void doUpdateInBulkWithManyElements(CouchDbConnector db) {
-        final int iterationsCount = 20;
-        final int elementsCount = 200;
+        final int iterationsCount = 10;
+        final int elementsCount = 20;
 
         final List<String> allDocIds = new ArrayList<String>();
 
@@ -240,11 +236,12 @@ public void doUpdateInBulkWithManyElements(CouchDbConnector db) {
 
             List<TestDocumentBean> docList = db.queryView(q, TestDocumentBean.class);
             for (TestDocumentBean b : docList) {
+                Assert.assertNotNull(b.firstName);
+                Assert.assertNotNull(b.getLastName());
+                Assert.assertNotNull(b.dateOfBirth);
                 // check version is as expected
-                if (b.version != i - 1) {
-                    throw new IllegalStateException("Bean state is not as expected : " + b);
-                }
-                b.version = i;
+                Assert.assertEquals("Bean state is not as expected", i - 1, b.getVersion());
+                b.setVersion(i);
             }
 
             long bulkOpStart = System.currentTimeMillis();
@@ -258,7 +255,7 @@ public void doUpdateInBulkWithManyElements(CouchDbConnector db) {
         List<TestDocumentBean> docList = db.queryView(q, TestDocumentBean.class);
         for (TestDocumentBean b : docList) {
             // check version is as expected
-            if (b.version != iterationsCount) {
+            if (b.getVersion() != iterationsCount) {
                 throw new IllegalStateException("Bean state is not as expected : " + b);
             }
         }
@@ -268,7 +265,7 @@ public void doUpdateInBulkWithManyElements(CouchDbConnector db) {
     }
 
     public void doUpdateInBulkWithOneSmallInputStream(CouchDbConnector db) throws Exception {
-        final int iterationsCount = 100;
+        final int iterationsCount = 10;
 
         // create or update the document, with initial "i" value of 0
         final String id = "myid";
@@ -317,7 +314,7 @@ public static class TestDocumentBean extends CouchDbDocument {
         private String lastName;
         private String firstName;
         private Long dateOfBirth;
-        private int version;
+        private int version = -1;
 
         public TestDocumentBean() {
 
@@ -329,6 +326,38 @@ public TestDocumentBean(String lastName, String firstName, Long dateOfBirth, int
             this.dateOfBirth = dateOfBirth;
             this.version = version;
         }
+
+        public int getVersion() {
+            return version;
+        }
+
+        public void setVersion(int version) {
+            this.version = version;
+        }
+
+        public String getFirstName() {
+            return firstName;
+        }
+
+        public void setFirstName(String firstName) {
+            this.firstName = firstName;
+        }
+
+        public Long getDateOfBirth() {
+            return dateOfBirth;
+        }
+
+        public void setDateOfBirth(Long dateOfBirth) {
+            this.dateOfBirth = dateOfBirth;
+        }
+
+        public String getLastName() {
+            return lastName;
+        }
+
+        public void setLastName(String lastName) {
+            this.lastName = lastName;
+        }
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 51655f8f..f174656c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@
 
         <findbugs.skip>false</findbugs.skip>
         <findbugs.includeTests>false</findbugs.includeTests>
+
+        <skipITs>true</skipITs>
+        <sonar.core.codeCoveragePlugin>jacoco</sonar.core.codeCoveragePlugin>
+        <sonar.jacoco.itReportPath>${project.basedir}/../target/jacoco-it.exec</sonar.jacoco.itReportPath>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencyManagement>
@@ -149,6 +153,25 @@
                     <artifactId>findbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
                     <version>2.5.3</version>
                 </plugin>
+                <plugin>
+                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
+                    <version>2.16</version>
+                    <configuration>
+                        <argLine>${jacoco.agent.argLine}</argLine>
+                        <includes>
+                            <include>**/*IT.java</include>
+                        </includes>
+                    </configuration>
+                    <executions>
+                        <execution>
+                            <goals>
+                                <goal>integration-test</goal>
+                                <goal>verify</goal>
+                            </goals>
+                        </execution>
+                    </executions>
+                </plugin>
             </plugins>
         </pluginManagement>
         <plugins>
@@ -210,6 +233,23 @@
                     </execution>
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
+                <configuration>
+                    <skipITs>${skipITs}</skipITs>
+                    <!-- to fool Sonar to show test success for both unit and integration tests together -->
+                    <reportsDirectory>${project.build.directory}/surefire-reports</reportsDirectory>
+                    <argLine>${jacoco.agent.argLine}</argLine>
+                </configuration>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>integration-test</goal>
+                            <goal>verify</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
         </plugins>
         <resources>
             <resource>
@@ -293,5 +333,60 @@
                 <sonarVersion>2.1</sonarVersion>
             </properties>
         </profile>
+
+
+        <profile>
+            <id>sonar</id>
+            <!-- Enable coverage computation via JaCoCo for Sonar's needs -->
+
+            <properties>
+                <skipITs>false</skipITs>
+            </properties>
+
+            <build>
+                <plugins>
+                    <!--
+                    Compute integration test coverage for Sonar
+                    Note: REQUIRES MAVEN 3 - throws InstantiationException: java.util.List otherwise
+                    Beware: Sonar doesn't run the verify phase; you should always 'mvn clean install' before running sonar
+                    -->
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.jacoco</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>jacoco-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <propertyName>jacoco.agent.argLine</propertyName>
+                            <!-- default: argLine -->
+                            <includes>
+                                <include>org/ektorp/**</include>
+                            </includes>
+                            <destFile>${project.build.directory}/jacoco-integration.exec</destFile>
+                            <!-- agent -->
+                            <dataFile>${project.build.directory}/jacoco-integration.exec</dataFile>
+                            <!-- report -->
+                        </configuration>
+                        <executions>
+                            <execution>
+                                <id>agent</id>
+                                <goals>
+                                    <goal>prepare-agent</goal>
+                                </goals>
+                            </execution>
+                            <execution>
+                                <!--
+                                Generate coverage report html in target/site/jacoco/ from target/jacoco.exec
+                                Exec.: mvn verify site
+                                -->
+                                <id>report</id>
+                                <phase>site</phase>
+                                <goals>
+                                    <goal>report</goal>
+                                </goals>
+                            </execution>
+                        </executions>
+                    </plugin>
+                </plugins>
+            </build>
+        </profile>
+
     </profiles>
 </project>