diff --git a/.coveragerc b/.coveragerc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..eee520d3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.coveragerc
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+[run]
+branch = True
+source = designate
+omit = designate/tests/*,designate/openstack/*
+
+[report]
+ignore-errors = True
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 46879ee6c..52f5d5864 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ TAGS
 *.egg
 build
 .coverage
+.coverage.*
 .tox
 cover
 venv