diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 71ff135..49f9338 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 - Upgrade dependencies to last versions
 - Publish MIT license to NPM with the code (#224)
 - `universal-cookie`: Add support for generic type with reading cookies (#222)
+- `universal-cookie`: Disable accessing browser cookies on JSDOM (#227)
 - `react-cookie`: Add `WrappedComponent` static property when using `withCookies` (#225)
 - `react-cookie`: Fix display name to include the original component name
 
diff --git a/packages/universal-cookie/src/Cookies.ts b/packages/universal-cookie/src/Cookies.ts
index 8be7b8c..11575ee 100644
--- a/packages/universal-cookie/src/Cookies.ts
+++ b/packages/universal-cookie/src/Cookies.ts
@@ -17,11 +17,14 @@ export default class Cookies {
   private cookies: { [name: string]: Cookie };
   private changeListeners: CookieChangeListener[] = [];
 
-  private HAS_DOCUMENT_COOKIE: boolean;
+  private HAS_DOCUMENT_COOKIE: boolean = false;
 
   constructor(cookies?: string | object | null) {
     this.cookies = parseCookies(cookies);
-    this.HAS_DOCUMENT_COOKIE = hasDocumentCookie();
+
+    new Promise(() => {
+      this.HAS_DOCUMENT_COOKIE = hasDocumentCookie();
+    }).catch(() => {});
   }
 
   private _updateBrowserValues() {
diff --git a/packages/universal-cookie/src/utils.ts b/packages/universal-cookie/src/utils.ts
index 93a139c..71b408e 100644
--- a/packages/universal-cookie/src/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/universal-cookie/src/utils.ts
@@ -2,10 +2,29 @@ import * as cookie from 'cookie';
 import { Cookie, CookieGetOptions } from './types';
 
 export function hasDocumentCookie() {
+  // JSDOM does not support changing cookies, disable it for tests
+  if (isJsDom()) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
   // Can we get/set cookies on document.cookie?
   return typeof document === 'object' && typeof document.cookie === 'string';
 }
 
+function isJsDom(): boolean {
+  if (
+    typeof navigator !== 'object' ||
+    typeof navigator.userAgent !== 'string'
+  ) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  return (
+    navigator.userAgent.indexOf('Node.js') >= 0 ||
+    navigator.userAgent.indexOf('jsdom') >= 0
+  );
+}
+
 export function cleanCookies() {
   document.cookie.split(';').forEach(function(c) {
     document.cookie = c