diff --git a/Gruntfile.js b/Gruntfile.js
index 410a77b813..df98b515f3 100644
--- a/Gruntfile.js
+++ b/Gruntfile.js
@@ -111,10 +111,12 @@ module.exports = function(grunt) {
   ]);
   grunt.registerTask('build:react-dom', require('./grunt/tasks/react-dom'));
 
-  grunt.registerTask('test', ['jest']);
-  grunt.registerTask('npm:test', ['build', 'npm:pack']);
+  var jestTasks = require('./grunt/tasks/jest');
+  grunt.registerTask('jest:normal', jestTasks.normal);
+  grunt.registerTask('jest:coverage', jestTasks.coverage);
 
-  grunt.registerTask('jest', require('./grunt/tasks/jest'));
+  grunt.registerTask('test', ['jest:normal']);
+  grunt.registerTask('npm:test', ['build', 'npm:pack']);
 
   // Optimized build task that does all of our builds. The subtasks will be run
   // in order so we can take advantage of that and only run build-modules once.
diff --git a/grunt/tasks/jest.js b/grunt/tasks/jest.js
index ca8dda4a81..2c9a73a36a 100644
--- a/grunt/tasks/jest.js
+++ b/grunt/tasks/jest.js
@@ -64,29 +64,48 @@ function writeTempConfig(callback) {
   });
 }
 
-module.exports = function() {
-  var done = this.async();
-
+function run(done, configPath) {
   grunt.log.writeln('running jest (this may take a while)');
 
+  var args = ['--harmony', path.join('node_modules', 'jest-cli', 'bin', 'jest')];
+  if (configPath) {
+    args.push('--config', configPath);
+  }
+  grunt.util.spawn({
+    cmd: 'node',
+    args: args,
+    opts: { stdio: 'inherit', env: { NODE_ENV: 'test' } },
+  }, function(spawnErr, result, code) {
+    if (spawnErr) {
+      onError(spawnErr);
+    } else {
+      grunt.log.ok('jest passed');
+    }
+    grunt.log.writeln(result.stdout);
+
+    done(code === 0);
+  });
+}
+
+function runJestNormally() {
+  var done = this.async();
+  run(done);
+}
+
+function runJestWithCoverage() {
+  var done = this.async();
+
   writeTempConfig(function(writeErr) {
     if (writeErr) {
       onError(writeErr);
       return;
     }
-    grunt.util.spawn({
-      cmd: 'node',
-      args: ['--harmony', path.join('node_modules', 'jest-cli', 'bin', 'jest'), '--config', tempConfigPath],
-      opts: { stdio: 'inherit', env: { NODE_ENV: 'test' } },
-    }, function(spawnErr, result, code) {
-      if (spawnErr) {
-        onError(spawnErr);
-      } else {
-        grunt.log.ok('jest passed');
-      }
-      grunt.log.writeln(result.stdout);
 
-      done(code === 0);
-    });
+    run(done, tempConfigPath);
   });
+}
+
+module.exports = {
+  normal: runJestNormally,
+  coverage: runJestWithCoverage,
 };