diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 222078e..f5d716e 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ language: ruby
 rvm:
   - 1.9.3
   - 2.0.0
+  - jruby-head
diff --git a/rack-attack.gemspec b/rack-attack.gemspec
index 8c1f1f3..82d4be6 100644
--- a/rack-attack.gemspec
+++ b/rack-attack.gemspec
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.add_development_dependency 'rack-test'
   s.add_development_dependency 'rake'
   s.add_development_dependency 'activesupport', '>= 3.0.0'
-  s.add_development_dependency 'debugger', '~> 1.5'
+  s.add_development_dependency 'debugger', '~> 1.5' unless RUBY_PLATFORM =~ /java/
   s.add_development_dependency 'redis-activesupport'
   s.add_development_dependency 'dalli'
 end
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index bb9d0e5..c54829c 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -4,11 +4,15 @@ require "bundler/setup"
 require "minitest/autorun"
 require "minitest/pride"
 require "rack/test"
-require 'debugger'
 require 'active_support'
-
 require "rack/attack"
 
+begin
+  require 'debugger'
+rescue LoadError
+ #nothing to do here
+end
+
 class Minitest::Spec
 
   include Rack::Test::Methods