diff --git a/emory.gemspec b/emory.gemspec
index 5cdc4ee..1065f1e 100644
--- a/emory.gemspec
+++ b/emory.gemspec
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.require_paths = ["lib"]
   
   s.add_development_dependency 'rspec', '~> 2.10'
-  s.add_development_dependency 'simplecov', '~> 0.6.2'
+  s.add_development_dependency 'simplecov', '~> 0.6.4' if RUBY_VERSION =~ /1.9/
   s.add_development_dependency 'rake'
 
   s.add_runtime_dependency 'logging'
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index af54ae7..8a24918 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
-require 'simplecov'
-SimpleCov.start
+if RUBY_VERSION =~ /1.9/
+  require 'simplecov'
+  SimpleCov.start
+end
 
 require 'rspec'
 require 'logging'