diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 714d7f01bf..f42717e46a 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ group :test do
   gem 'rb-readline' # ruby on CI needs this
   # why in Gemfile? see: https://github.com/guard/guard-test
   gem 'ruby-prof'
+  gem 'simplecov', ">= 0.8.pre"
   gem 'coveralls', :require => false
 end
 
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 56786565f2..7b91d5a719 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -298,8 +298,8 @@ GEM
     shoulda-context (1.1.2)
     shoulda-matchers (2.1.0)
       activesupport (>= 3.0.0)
-    simplecov (0.7.1)
-      multi_json (~> 1.0)
+    simplecov (0.8.0.pre)
+      multi_json
       simplecov-html (~> 0.7.1)
     simplecov-html (0.7.1)
     slop (3.4.5)
@@ -404,6 +404,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   sass-rails (~> 3.2.3)
   selenium-webdriver
   shoulda
+  simplecov (>= 0.8.pre)
   sqlite3
   sqlite3-ruby (< 1.3)
   strong_parameters
diff --git a/features/support/env.rb b/features/support/env.rb
index 05b2c0107b..175bf04dad 100644
--- a/features/support/env.rb
+++ b/features/support/env.rb
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
 require 'cucumber/rails'
 
 require 'coveralls'
-Coveralls.wear_merged!('rails')
+require 'simplecov_openproject_profile'
+Coveralls.wear_merged!('openproject')
 
 # Load paths to ensure they are loaded before the plugin's paths.rbs.
 # Plugin's path_to functions rely on being loaded after the core's path_to
diff --git a/lib/simplecov_openproject_profile.rb b/lib/simplecov_openproject_profile.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a682c3bdc1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/simplecov_openproject_profile.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+require 'simplecov'
+SimpleCov.profiles.define 'openproject' do
+  load_profile 'rails'
+  add_filter '/lib/assets'
+  add_filter '/lib/plugins/gravatar'
+  add_filter '/lib/plugins/rfpdf'
+  add_filter '/lib/SVG'
+  add_filter '/spec'
+  add_filter '/features'
+end
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index 57d4fe6627..d33f02271f 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ require 'rubygems'
 ENV["RAILS_ENV"] ||= 'test'
 
 require 'coveralls'
-Coveralls.wear_merged!('rails')
+require 'simplecov_openproject_profile'
+Coveralls.wear_merged!('openproject')
 
 require File.expand_path("../../config/environment", __FILE__)
 require 'rspec/rails'
diff --git a/test/test_helper.rb b/test/test_helper.rb
index f90a34d50f..7ae62e4898 100644
--- a/test/test_helper.rb
+++ b/test/test_helper.rb
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@
 ENV["RAILS_ENV"] = "test"
 
 require 'coveralls'
-Coveralls.wear_merged!('rails')
+require 'simplecov_openproject_profile'
+Coveralls.wear_merged!('openproject')
 
 require File.expand_path('../../config/environment', __FILE__)
 require 'rails/test_help'