diff --git a/features/support/capybara.rb b/features/support/capybara.rb
index dae0d0f918cd53e16a467c970969b55de22a2c99..47372df152d59a77e6c900100ff7afbe26cdff9a 100644
--- a/features/support/capybara.rb
+++ b/features/support/capybara.rb
@@ -6,7 +6,15 @@ timeout = (ENV['CI'] || ENV['CI_SERVER']) ? 90 : 15
 
 Capybara.javascript_driver = :poltergeist
 Capybara.register_driver :poltergeist do |app|
-  Capybara::Poltergeist::Driver.new(app, js_errors: true, timeout: timeout, window_size: [1366, 768])
+  Capybara::Poltergeist::Driver.new(
+    app,
+    js_errors: true,
+    timeout: timeout,
+    window_size: [1366, 768],
+    phantomjs_options: [
+      '--load-images=no'
+    ]
+  )
 end
 
 Capybara.default_max_wait_time = timeout
diff --git a/spec/support/capybara.rb b/spec/support/capybara.rb
index e1f90e17cceae7d9b3b7eac0b44589ac714d1998..16d5f2bf0b8421eac464307fe631fe240de97278 100644
--- a/spec/support/capybara.rb
+++ b/spec/support/capybara.rb
@@ -7,7 +7,15 @@ timeout = (ENV['CI'] || ENV['CI_SERVER']) ? 90 : 10
 
 Capybara.javascript_driver = :poltergeist
 Capybara.register_driver :poltergeist do |app|
-  Capybara::Poltergeist::Driver.new(app, js_errors: true, timeout: timeout, window_size: [1366, 768])
+  Capybara::Poltergeist::Driver.new(
+    app,
+    js_errors: true,
+    timeout: timeout,
+    window_size: [1366, 768],
+    phantomjs_options: [
+      '--load-images=no'
+    ]
+  )
 end
 
 Capybara.default_max_wait_time = timeout