diff --git a/test/coverage.html b/test/coverage.html
index 7fda4329..36e2e056 100644
--- a/test/coverage.html
+++ b/test/coverage.html
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@
 <body>
     <div id="qunit"></div>
     <div id="qunit-fixture"></div>
+
+    <script>
+        var isCoverageTest = true;
+    </script>
+
     <script src="/node_modules/qunitjs/qunit/qunit.js"></script>
     <script src="/test/lib/jquery-1.9.1.min.js"></script>
     <script src="/test/lib/jquery-ui-1.10.2/js/jquery-ui-1.10.2.min.js"></script>
diff --git a/test/modules/basic.js b/test/modules/basic.js
index 1e630f9b..4cecce2a 100644
--- a/test/modules/basic.js
+++ b/test/modules/basic.js
@@ -458,11 +458,13 @@
         viewer.open('/test/data/testpattern.dzi');
     });
 
-    test('version object', function() {
-        equal(typeof OpenSeadragon.version.versionStr, "string", "versionStr should be a string");
-        ok(OpenSeadragon.version.major >= 0, "major should be a positive number");
-        ok(OpenSeadragon.version.minor >= 0, "minor should be a positive number");
-        ok(OpenSeadragon.version.revision >= 0, "revision should be a positive number");
-    });
-
+    //Version numbers are injected by the build process, so skip version tests if we are only running code coverage
+    if(!window.isCoverageTest ){
+        test('version object', function() {
+            equal(typeof OpenSeadragon.version.versionStr, "string", "versionStr should be a string");
+            ok(OpenSeadragon.version.major >= 0, "major should be a positive number");
+            ok(OpenSeadragon.version.minor >= 0, "minor should be a positive number");
+            ok(OpenSeadragon.version.revision >= 0, "revision should be a positive number");
+        });
+    }
 })();
