diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7235646f5e614..8cf179a8ccd9e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ lib-cov
 
 # Coverage directory used by tools like istanbul
 coverage
+junit.xml
 
 # Grunt intermediate storage (http://gruntjs.com/creating-plugins#storing-task-files)
 .grunt
diff --git a/azure-pipelines.yml b/azure-pipelines.yml
index 7ddefe8cffc29..fa7a5faf1c283 100644
--- a/azure-pipelines.yml
+++ b/azure-pipelines.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ steps:
   - script: yarn bootstrap
 
   - script: yarn test
+    env:
+      GENERATE_JEST_REPORT: true
 
   - task: PublishTestResults@2
     displayName: "Publish Test Results"
diff --git a/jest.config.js b/jest.config.js
index c2d5419b42b79..65ac17ebc84e6 100644
--- a/jest.config.js
+++ b/jest.config.js
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ const builtTestsDirs = pkgs
 const distDirs = pkgs.map(p => path.join(p, `dist`))
 const ignoreDirs = [].concat(gatsbyBuildDirs, builtTestsDirs, distDirs)
 const coverageDirs = pkgs.map(p => path.join(p, `src/**/*.js`))
+const useCoverage = !!process.env.GENERATE_JEST_REPORT
 
 module.exports = {
   notify: true,
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ module.exports = {
   moduleNameMapper: {
     "^highlight.js$": `<rootDir>/node_modules/highlight.js/lib/index.js`,
   },
-  collectCoverage: true,
+  collectCoverage: useCoverage,
   coverageReporters: [`json-summary`, `text`, `html`, `cobertura`],
   coverageThreshold: {
     global: {
@@ -42,5 +43,5 @@ module.exports = {
     },
   },
   collectCoverageFrom: coverageDirs,
-  reporters: [`default`, `jest-junit`],
+  reporters: [`default`].concat(useCoverage ? `jest-junit` : []),
 }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2ba4b8856d497..9f2e6b1223b8c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@
     "glob": "^7.1.1",
     "husky": "1.1.1",
     "jest": "^23.5.0",
-    "jest-junit": "^5.0.0",
     "jest-cli": "^23.5.0",
+    "jest-junit": "^5.0.0",
     "lerna": "^3.3.0",
     "lint-staged": "^8.0.4",
     "npm-run-all": "4.1.5",