diff --git a/instrument/src/main/java/edu/berkeley/cs/jqf/instrument/InstrumentingClassLoader.java b/instrument/src/main/java/edu/berkeley/cs/jqf/instrument/InstrumentingClassLoader.java
index c70223c95..b582657dc 100644
--- a/instrument/src/main/java/edu/berkeley/cs/jqf/instrument/InstrumentingClassLoader.java
+++ b/instrument/src/main/java/edu/berkeley/cs/jqf/instrument/InstrumentingClassLoader.java
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ public InstrumentingClassLoader(String[] paths, ClassLoader parent) throws Malfo
         this(stringsToUrls(paths), parent);
     }
 
-    private static URL[] stringsToUrls(String[] paths) throws MalformedURLException {
+    public static URL[] stringsToUrls(String[] paths) throws MalformedURLException {
         URL[] urls = new URL[paths.length];
         for (int i = 0; i < paths.length; i++) {
             urls[i] = new File(paths[i]).toURI().toURL();
diff --git a/maven-plugin/src/main/java/edu/berkeley/cs/jqf/plugin/FuzzGoal.java b/maven-plugin/src/main/java/edu/berkeley/cs/jqf/plugin/FuzzGoal.java
index 36cd42525..8c456eed6 100644
--- a/maven-plugin/src/main/java/edu/berkeley/cs/jqf/plugin/FuzzGoal.java
+++ b/maven-plugin/src/main/java/edu/berkeley/cs/jqf/plugin/FuzzGoal.java
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.PrintStream;
 import java.net.MalformedURLException;
+import java.net.URLClassLoader;
 import java.time.Duration;
 import java.time.format.DateTimeParseException;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -51,6 +52,8 @@
 import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
 import org.junit.runner.Result;
 
+import static edu.berkeley.cs.jqf.instrument.InstrumentingClassLoader.stringsToUrls;
+
 /**
  * Maven plugin for feedback-directed fuzzing using JQF.
  *
@@ -142,6 +145,19 @@ public class FuzzGoal extends AbstractMojo {
     @Parameter(property="blind")
     private boolean blind;
 
+    /**
+     * Whether to disable code-coverage instrumentation.
+     *
+     * <p>Disabling instrumentation speeds up test case execution, but
+     * provides no feedback about code coverage in the status screen and
+     * to the fuzzing guidance.</p>
+     *
+     * <p>This setting only makes sense when used with {@code -Dblind}.</p>
+     *
+     */
+    @Parameter(property="noCov")
+    private boolean disableCoverage;
+
     /**
      * The name of the input directory containing seed files.
      *
@@ -263,9 +279,16 @@ public void execute() throws MojoExecutionException, MojoFailureException {
         try {
             List<String> classpathElements = project.getTestClasspathElements();
 
-            loader = new InstrumentingClassLoader(
-                    classpathElements.toArray(new String[0]),
-                    getClass().getClassLoader());
+            if (disableCoverage) {
+                loader = new URLClassLoader(
+                        stringsToUrls(classpathElements.toArray(new String[0])),
+                        getClass().getClassLoader());
+
+            } else {
+                loader = new InstrumentingClassLoader(
+                        classpathElements.toArray(new String[0]),
+                        getClass().getClassLoader());
+            }
         } catch (DependencyResolutionRequiredException|MalformedURLException e) {
             throw new MojoExecutionException("Could not get project classpath", e);
         }