diff --git a/.coveragerc b/.coveragerc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3707a96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.coveragerc
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[run]
+omit = gabbi/tests/*
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index df86a7e..66d1e52 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -10,4 +10,9 @@ AUTHORS
 ChangeLog
 # Generated by testrepository
 .testrepository
-.idea
\ No newline at end of file
+.idea
+.cache/
+# coverage related
+.coverage
+cover/
+htmlcov/
diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index 3dd01e6..d852e69 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 mock ; python_version < '3.3'
 testrepository
 coverage
+pytest-cov
 hacking
 sphinx
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 2fd9cae..f5ed4f2 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ commands = {toxinidir}/test-failskip.sh
 [testenv:cover]
 commands = python setup.py testr --coverage --testr-args="{posargs}"
 
+[testenv:pytest-cov]
+commands = py.test --cov=gabbi gabbi/tests --cov-config .coveragerc --cov-report html
+
 [testenv:docs]
 commands =
     rm -rf doc/build