diff --git a/Spring.build b/Spring.build
index 30dd8597..8243f7b7 100644
--- a/Spring.build
+++ b/Spring.build
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ Commandline Examples:
 
   <!-- Include spring helpers -->
   <include buildfile="${spring.basedir}/Spring.include"/>
+  <include buildfile="${spring.basedir}/common-project.include" />
 
   <property name="package.version" value="0.0.0" overwrite="false"/>
   <!-- change this to sync the sdk doc version generated -->
@@ -509,7 +510,7 @@ Commandline Examples:
 
     <!-- Main solutions and examples are compiled via task build-solutions -->
 
-    <!-- build coverage summary -->
+    <!-- build coverage summary 
 		<exec program="${tool.dir}/ncoverexplorer/ncoverexplorer.console.exe" workingdir="${current.bin.dir}" failonerror="false">
 			<arg value="/xml:&quot;${current.bin.dir}/TestCoverageSummary.xml&quot;" />
 			<arg value="/report:ModuleClassFunctionSummary" />
@@ -518,13 +519,14 @@ Commandline Examples:
 			<arg value="/q" />
 			<arg path="${current.bin.dir}/*-TestCoverage.xml" />
 		</exec>
+	-->
 
   </target>
 
   <target name="compile-net-2.0" description="Builds .NET Framework 2.0 version"
           depends="set-net-2.0-runtime-configuration, check-spring-basedir, clean-current-bin-dir">
 	
-	<property name="test.withcoverage" value="true" overwrite="true"/>
+	<property name="test.withcoverage" value="false" overwrite="true"/>
 	
 	<if test="${property::exists('mstest.exe')}">
 		<property name="mstest.exe.current" value="${string::replace(property::get-value('mstest.exe'), 'Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0', 'Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0')}" />
@@ -540,7 +542,7 @@ Commandline Examples:
   <target name="compile-net-3.0" description="Builds .NET Framework 3.0 version"
           depends="set-net-3.0-runtime-configuration, check-spring-basedir, clean-current-bin-dir">
 
-	<property name="test.withcoverage" value="true" overwrite="true"/>		  
+	<property name="test.withcoverage" value="false" overwrite="true"/>		  
 
  <call target="copykeys" if="${project.build.sign}"/>
     <call target="common.generate-assemblyinfo"/>
@@ -562,7 +564,7 @@ Commandline Examples:
   <target name="compile-net-3.5" description="Builds .NET Framework 3.5 version"
         depends="set-net-3.5-runtime-configuration, check-spring-basedir, clean-current-bin-dir">
 		
-	<property name="test.withcoverage" value="true" overwrite="true"/>		  
+	<property name="test.withcoverage" value="false" overwrite="true"/>		  
 		
 	<property name="lib.dir" value="${spring.basedir}/lib/${framework::get-family(framework::get-target-framework())}/${framework::get-version(framework::get-target-framework())}"/>
 	<property name="nh30.lib.dir" value="${spring.basedir}/lib/NHibernate30/${framework::get-family(framework::get-target-framework())}/${framework::get-version(framework::get-target-framework())}"/>
@@ -597,7 +599,7 @@ Commandline Examples:
   <target name="compile-net-4.0" description="Builds .NET Framework 4.0 version"
         depends="set-net-4.0-runtime-configuration, check-spring-basedir, clean-current-bin-dir">
 	
-	<property name="test.withcoverage" value="false" overwrite="true"/>
+	<property name="test.withcoverage" value="true" overwrite="true"/>
 	
 	<if test="${property::exists('mstest.exe')}">
 		<property name="mstest.exe.current" value="${string::replace(property::get-value('mstest.exe'), 'Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0', 'Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0')}" />
@@ -616,6 +618,9 @@ Commandline Examples:
     <property name="build-msmq-tests" value="true" overwrite="true" />
     <property name="build-velocity" value="true" overwrite="true" />
     <call target="compile-test" />
+	
+	<call target="common.run-tests.aggregated.opencover" />
+	
   </target>
   
   <target name="compile-mono-2.0" description="Builds MONO Framework 2.0 version"
diff --git a/common-project.include b/common-project.include
index 01b454ca..45ec587b 100644
--- a/common-project.include
+++ b/common-project.include
@@ -190,9 +190,11 @@ ${test.withcoverage}: flag indicating whether to invoke tests with test-coverage
 			<call target="common.run-tests.nunit" />
 		</if>
 
-		<if test="${test.withcoverage}" >
+		<!-- if coverage, don't run ANY tests at all b/c all tests will be invoked AFTER all compilation is completed...
+				<if test="${test.withcoverage}" >
 			<call target="common.run-tests.ncover" />
 		</if>
+		-->
 		
 	</target>
 
@@ -347,6 +349,105 @@ ${tool.dir}       : dir for tools
         </exec>
 
     </target>
+	
+	
+	
+<!-- NOTE: Depends on XmlInsertNode custom task to function properly -->
+<target name="common.run-tests.aggregated.opencover" description="Run all NUnit Tests together with OpenCover coverage">
+
+	<property name="test.bin.dir" value="${current.bin.dir}" if="${not property::exists('test.bin.dir')}" />
+
+	<property name="spring.tests.nunit.filename" value="${test.bin.dir}/Spring.Tests.nunit" />
+
+	<!-- write the empty NUNIT project file contents to disk -->
+	<echo file="${spring.tests.nunit.filename}">
+	&lt;NUnitProject&gt;
+	  &lt;Settings activeconfig="Default" /&gt;
+	  &lt;Config name="Default" binpathtype="Auto"&gt;
+	  &lt;/Config&gt;
+	&lt;/NUnitProject&gt;
+	</echo>
+
+<!-- append the node for each test assembly to the NUNIT project file -->
+	<foreach item="File" property="filename">
+		<in>
+			<items basedir="${test.bin.dir}">
+				<include name="*.Tests.dll" />
+			</items>
+		</in>
+		<do>
+		<echo message="Adding file to NUNIT project file ${spring.tests.nunit.filename}: ${filename}" />  
+		<xmlinsertnode filename="${spring.tests.nunit.filename}" xpath="//NUnitProject/Config" fragment="&lt;assembly path=&quot;${filename}&quot; /&gt;" />
+		</do>
+	</foreach>
+		
+<!-- invoke OpenCover passing the NUNIT project file to the NUNIT test runner -->
+	<exec program="${tool.dir}/opencover/OpenCover.Console.exe" workingdir="${test.bin.dir}" verbose="true">
+		<arg value="-register:user" />
+		<arg value="-mergebyhash" />
+		<arg value="-target:${tool.dir}/nunit/net-2.0/nunit-console-x86.exe" />
+		<arg value="-targetargs:${spring.tests.nunit.filename} /xml:Spring.Tests-TestResults.xml /noshadow /nologo /framework:${nant.settings.currentframework}" />
+		<arg value="-filter:&quot;+[Spring*]* -[*Tests*]*&quot;" />
+		<arg value="-output:${test.bin.dir}/Spring.Tests-TestCoverage.xml" />
+	</exec>
+
+<!-- invoke the report generator to convert the aggregated test coverage results into a single HTML report -->
+	<exec program="${tool.dir}\ReportGenerator\bin\ReportGenerator.exe" workingdir="${test.bin.dir}" verbose="true">
+		<arg value="${test.bin.dir}/Spring.Tests-TestCoverage.xml" />
+		<arg path="${test.bin.dir}/CoverageReport" />
+	</exec>
+
+</target>
+
+<!-- script that appends new XML nodes to an existing xml file -->
+<script language="C#" prefix="test" >
+        <references>
+            <include name="System.Xml.dll" />
+        </references>
+        <code>
+            <![CDATA[
+              [TaskName("xmlinsertnode")]
+              public class TestTask : Task {
+                #region Private Instance Fields
+                private string _filename;
+                private string _xpath;
+                private string _fragment;
+                #endregion Private Instance Fields
+
+                #region Public Instance Properties
+                [TaskAttribute("filename", Required=true)]
+                public string FileName {
+                    get { return _filename; }
+                    set { _filename = value; }
+                }
+
+                [TaskAttribute("xpath", Required=true)]
+                public string XPath {
+                    get { return _xpath; }
+                    set { _xpath = value; }
+                }
+
+                [TaskAttribute("fragment", Required=true)]
+                public string Fragment {
+                    get { return _fragment; }
+                    set { _fragment = value; }
+                }
+
+                #endregion Public Instance Properties
+
+                #region Override implementation of Task
+                protected override void ExecuteTask() {
+                    System.Xml.XmlDocument document = new System.Xml.XmlDocument();
+                    document.Load(_filename);
+                    System.Xml.XPath.XPathNavigator navigator = document.CreateNavigator();
+                    navigator.SelectSingleNode(_xpath).AppendChild(_fragment);
+                    document.Save(_filename);
+                }
+                #endregion Override implementation of Task
+              }
+            ]]>
+        </code>
+</script>
 
 	<readregistry property="net35.install.dir" key="SOFTWARE\Microsoft\NET Framework Setup\NDP\v3.5\InstallPath" hive="LocalMachine" failonerror="true"/>
   <property name="msbuild.exe" value="${net35.install.dir}\msbuild.exe"/>