diff --git a/dist/truffle.plugin.js b/dist/truffle.plugin.js
index 40bbd31..8e9d379 100644
--- a/dist/truffle.plugin.js
+++ b/dist/truffle.plugin.js
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ async function plugin(truffleConfig){
   let app;
   let error;
   let truffle;
+  let solcoverjs;
   let testsErrored = false;
 
   // This needs it's own try block because this logic
@@ -221,6 +222,16 @@ function loadSolcoverJS(ui, truffleConfig){
   coverageConfig.cwd = truffleConfig.working_directory;
   coverageConfig.originalContractsDir = truffleConfig.contracts_directory;
 
+  //Merge solcoverjs mocha opts into truffle's
+  truffleConfig.mocha = truffleConfig.mocha || {};
+
+  if (coverageConfig.mocha && typeof coverageConfig.mocha === 'object'){
+    truffleConfig.mocha = Object.assign(
+      truffleConfig.mocha,
+      coverageConfig.mocha
+    );
+  }
+
   return coverageConfig;
 }
 
diff --git a/test/integration/projects/multiple-migrations/.solcover.js b/test/integration/projects/multiple-migrations/.solcover.js
index 7a54eb3..71b990c 100644
--- a/test/integration/projects/multiple-migrations/.solcover.js
+++ b/test/integration/projects/multiple-migrations/.solcover.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 module.exports = {
-  silent: process.env.SILENT ? true : false,
-  istanbulReporter: ['json-summary', 'text']
-};
+ "silent": false,
+ "istanbulReporter": [ "json-summary", "text"]
+}
diff --git a/test/integration/projects/multiple-migrations/test/contracta.js b/test/integration/projects/multiple-migrations/test/contracta.js
index 0559b95..c79d402 100644
--- a/test/integration/projects/multiple-migrations/test/contracta.js
+++ b/test/integration/projects/multiple-migrations/test/contracta.js
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@ contract("contracta", function(accounts) {
 
   before(async () => instance = await ContractA.deployed())
 
-  it('sends', async function(){
+  it('sends [ @skipForCoverage ]', async function(){
     await instance.sendFn();
   });
 
-  it('calls', async function(){
+  it('calls [ @skipForCoverage ]', async function(){
     await instance.callFn();
   })
 });
diff --git a/test/integration/projects/multiple-migrations/test/contractb.js b/test/integration/projects/multiple-migrations/test/contractb.js
index 14b4cc2..494cf93 100644
--- a/test/integration/projects/multiple-migrations/test/contractb.js
+++ b/test/integration/projects/multiple-migrations/test/contractb.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 const ContractB = artifacts.require("ContractB");
 
-contract("contractB", function(accounts) {
+contract("contractB [ @skipForCoverage ]", function(accounts) {
   let instance;
 
   before(async () => instance = await ContractB.deployed())
diff --git a/test/units/truffle/errors.js b/test/units/truffle/errors.js
index 5c00d9b..497e9eb 100644
--- a/test/units/truffle/errors.js
+++ b/test/units/truffle/errors.js
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ const verify = require('../../util/verifiers')
 const mock = require('../../util/integration.truffle');
 const plugin = require('../../../dist/truffle.plugin');
 
+// =======
+// Errors
+// =======
+
 describe('Truffle Plugin: error cases', function() {
   let truffleConfig;
   let solcoverConfig;
@@ -31,12 +35,12 @@ describe('Truffle Plugin: error cases', function() {
     } catch(err){
       assert(
         err.message.includes('Cannot locate expected contract sources folder'),
-        `Should error when contract sources cannot be found: (output --> ${err.message}`
+        `Should error when contract sources cannot be found:: ${err.message}`
       );
 
       assert(
         err.message.includes('sc_temp/contracts'),
-        `Error message should contain path: (output --> ${err.message}`
+        `Error message should contain path:: ${err.message}`
       );
     }
 
@@ -53,7 +57,7 @@ describe('Truffle Plugin: error cases', function() {
     } catch(err){
       assert(
         err.message.includes('Could not load .solcover.js config file.'),
-        `Should notify when solcoverjs has syntax error: (output --> ${err.message}`
+        `Should notify when solcoverjs has syntax error:: ${err.message}`
       );
     }
 
@@ -72,8 +76,8 @@ describe('Truffle Plugin: error cases', function() {
       assert.fail()
     } catch (err) {
       assert(
-        err.message.includes('Unable to load plugin copy of Truffle library module'),
-        `Should error on failed lib module load (output --> ${err.message}`
+        err.message.includes('Unable to load plugin copy'),
+        `Should error on failed lib module load: ${err.message}`
       );
     }
   });
@@ -140,7 +144,7 @@ describe('Truffle Plugin: error cases', function() {
     } catch(err){
       assert(
         err.toString().includes('/Unparseable.sol.'),
-        `Should throw instrumentation errors with file name (output --> ${err.toString()}`
+        `Should throw instrumentation errors with file name: ${err.toString()}`
       );
 
       assert(err.stack !== undefined, 'Should have error trace')
diff --git a/test/units/truffle/flags.js b/test/units/truffle/flags.js
index 7f4830f..f6d968e 100644
--- a/test/units/truffle/flags.js
+++ b/test/units/truffle/flags.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ const mock = require('../../util/integration.truffle');
 const plugin = require('../../../dist/truffle.plugin');
 
 // =======================
-// Standard Use-case Tests
+// CLI Options / Flags
 // =======================
 
 describe('Truffle Plugin: command line options', function() {
@@ -28,8 +28,11 @@ describe('Truffle Plugin: command line options', function() {
   it('truffle run coverage --file test/<fileName>', async function() {
     verify.cleanInitialState();
 
-    const testPath = path.join(truffleConfig.working_directory, 'test/specific_a.js');
-    truffleConfig.file = testPath;
+    truffleConfig.file = path.join(
+      truffleConfig.working_directory,
+      'test/specific_a.js'
+    );
+
     mock.installFullProject('test-files');
     await plugin(truffleConfig);
 
@@ -54,8 +57,11 @@ describe('Truffle Plugin: command line options', function() {
   it('truffle run coverage --file test/<glob*>', async function() {
     verify.cleanInitialState();
 
-    const testPath = path.join(truffleConfig.working_directory, 'test/globby*');
-    truffleConfig.file = testPath;
+    truffleConfig.file = path.join(
+      truffleConfig.working_directory,
+      'test/globby*'
+    );
+
     mock.installFullProject('test-files');
     await plugin(truffleConfig);
 
@@ -80,8 +86,11 @@ describe('Truffle Plugin: command line options', function() {
   it('truffle run coverage --file test/gl{o,b}*.js', async function() {
     verify.cleanInitialState();
 
-    const testPath = path.join(truffleConfig.working_directory, 'test/gl{o,b}*.js');
-    truffleConfig.file = testPath;
+    truffleConfig.file = path.join(
+      truffleConfig.working_directory,
+      'test/gl{o,b}*.js'
+    );
+
     mock.installFullProject('test-files');
     await plugin(truffleConfig);
 
@@ -110,17 +119,20 @@ describe('Truffle Plugin: command line options', function() {
       silent: process.env.SILENT ? true : false,
       istanbulReporter: ['json-summary', 'text']
     };
-    fs.writeFileSync('.solcover.js', `module.exports=${JSON.stringify(solcoverConfig)}`);
 
-    // This relative path has to be ./ prefixed
-    // (because it's path.joined to truffle's working_directory)
+    // Write solcoverjs to parent dir of sc_temp (where the test project is installed)
+    fs.writeFileSync(
+      '.solcover.js',
+      `module.exports=${JSON.stringify(solcoverConfig)}`
+    );
+
+    // This relative path has to be ./ prefixed (it's path.joined to truffle's working_directory)
     truffleConfig.solcoverjs = './../.solcover.js';
 
     mock.install('Simple', 'simple.js');
     await plugin(truffleConfig);
 
-    // The relative solcoverjs uses the json-summary reporter which
-    // this assertion requires
+    // The relative solcoverjs uses the json-summary reporter
     const expected = [{
       file: mock.pathToContract(truffleConfig, 'Simple.sol'),
       pct: 100
@@ -132,68 +144,72 @@ describe('Truffle Plugin: command line options', function() {
 
   it('truffle run coverage --help', async function(){
     verify.cleanInitialState();
-    truffleConfig.help = "true";
 
+    truffleConfig.help = "true";
     truffleConfig.logger = mock.testLogger;
+
     mock.install('Simple', 'simple.js', solcoverConfig);
     await plugin(truffleConfig);
 
     assert(
       mock.loggerOutput.val.includes('Usage'),
-      `Should output help with Usage instruction  (output --> ${mock.loggerOutput.val}`
+      `Should output help with Usage instruction : ${mock.loggerOutput.val}`
     );
   })
 
   it('truffle run coverage --version', async function(){
     verify.cleanInitialState();
-    truffleConfig.version = "true";
 
+    truffleConfig.version = "true";
     truffleConfig.logger = mock.testLogger;
+
     mock.install('Simple', 'simple.js', solcoverConfig);
     await plugin(truffleConfig);
 
     assert(
       mock.loggerOutput.val.includes('truffle'),
-      `Should output truffle version (output --> ${mock.loggerOutput.val}`
+      `Should output truffle version: ${mock.loggerOutput.val}`
     );
 
     assert(
       mock.loggerOutput.val.includes('ganache-core'),
-      `Should output ganache-core version (output --> ${mock.loggerOutput.val}`
+      `Should output ganache-core version: ${mock.loggerOutput.val}`
     );
 
     assert(
       mock.loggerOutput.val.includes('solidity-coverage'),
-      `Should output solidity-coverage version (output --> ${mock.loggerOutput.val}`
+      `Should output solidity-coverage version: ${mock.loggerOutput.val}`
     );
 
   })
 
   it('truffle run coverage --useGlobalTruffle', async function(){
     verify.cleanInitialState();
-    truffleConfig.useGlobalTruffle = true;
 
+    truffleConfig.useGlobalTruffle = true;
     truffleConfig.logger = mock.testLogger;
+
     mock.install('Simple', 'simple.js', solcoverConfig);
     await plugin(truffleConfig);
 
     assert(
       mock.loggerOutput.val.includes('global node_modules'),
-      `Should notify it's using global truffle (output --> ${mock.loggerOutput.val}`
+      `Should notify it's using global truffle: ${mock.loggerOutput.val}`
     );
   });
 
   it('truffle run coverage --usePluginTruffle', async function(){
     verify.cleanInitialState();
-    truffleConfig.usePluginTruffle = true;
 
+    truffleConfig.usePluginTruffle = true;
     truffleConfig.logger = mock.testLogger;
+
     mock.install('Simple', 'simple.js', solcoverConfig);
     await plugin(truffleConfig);
 
     assert(
       mock.loggerOutput.val.includes('fallback Truffle library module'),
-      `Should notify it's using plugin truffle lib copy (output --> ${mock.loggerOutput.val}`
+      `Should notify it's using plugin truffle lib copy: ${mock.loggerOutput.val}`
     );
   });
 });
diff --git a/test/units/truffle/standard.js b/test/units/truffle/standard.js
index 8f717c7..167274d 100644
--- a/test/units/truffle/standard.js
+++ b/test/units/truffle/standard.js
@@ -82,6 +82,40 @@ describe('Truffle Plugin: standard use cases', function() {
     verify.lineCoverage(expected);
   });
 
+  // This project has [ @skipForCoverage ] tags in the test descriptions
+  // at selected 'contract' and 'it' blocks.
+  it('uses solcoverjs mocha options', async function() {
+    verify.cleanInitialState();
+
+    solcoverConfig.mocha = {
+      grep: '@skipForCoverage',
+      invert: true,
+    };
+
+    solcoverConfig.silent = process.env.SILENT ? true : false,
+    solcoverConfig.istanbulReporter = ['json-summary', 'text']
+
+    mock.installFullProject('multiple-migrations', solcoverConfig);
+    await plugin(truffleConfig);
+
+    const expected = [
+      {
+        file: mock.pathToContract(truffleConfig, 'ContractA.sol'),
+        pct: 0
+      },
+      {
+        file: mock.pathToContract(truffleConfig, 'ContractB.sol'),
+        pct: 0,
+      },
+      {
+        file: mock.pathToContract(truffleConfig, 'ContractC.sol'),
+        pct: 100,
+      },
+    ];
+
+    verify.lineCoverage(expected);
+  });
+
   it('project skips a folder', async function() {
     verify.cleanInitialState();
     mock.installFullProject('skipping');
@@ -116,7 +150,7 @@ describe('Truffle Plugin: standard use cases', function() {
 
     assert(
       mock.loggerOutput.val.includes('native solidity tests'),
-      `Should warn it is skipping native solidity tests (output --> ${mock.loggerOutput.val}`
+      `Should warn it is skipping native solidity tests: ${mock.loggerOutput.val}`
     );
   });
 
diff --git a/test/util/integration.truffle.js b/test/util/integration.truffle.js
index 6f5bd84..98b823b 100644
--- a/test/util/integration.truffle.js
+++ b/test/util/integration.truffle.js
@@ -187,10 +187,15 @@ function installDouble(contracts, test, config) {
   decacheConfigs();
 };
 
-function installFullProject(name) {
+function installFullProject(name, config) {
   shell.mkdir(temp);
   shell.cp('-Rf', `${projectPath}${name}/{.,}*`, temp);
 
+  if (config){
+    const configjs = getSolcoverJS(config);
+    fs.writeFileSync(`${temp}/.solcover.js`, configjs);
+  }
+
   decacheConfigs();
 }
 
diff --git a/test/util/verifiers.js b/test/util/verifiers.js
index e201745..3d3afa5 100644
--- a/test/util/verifiers.js
+++ b/test/util/verifiers.js
@@ -7,7 +7,15 @@ function pathExists(path) { return shell.test('-e', path); }
 
 function lineCoverage(expected=[]){
   let summary = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync('coverage/coverage-summary.json'));
-  expected.forEach(item => assert(summary[item.file].lines.pct === item.pct))
+
+  expected.forEach((item, idx) => {
+    assert(
+      summary[item.file].lines.pct === item.pct,
+
+      `For condition ${idx} - expected ${item.pct} %,` +
+      `saw - ${summary[item.file].lines.pct} %`
+    )
+  });
 }
 
 function coverageMissing(expected=[]){