diff --git a/.coveragerc b/.coveragerc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a733a2887
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.coveragerc
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+[run]
+branch = True
+source = taskflow
+omit = taskflow/tests/*,taskflow/openstack/*,taskflow/test.py
+
+[report]
+ignore-errors = True
+
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 52bed0ef3..9b3b0d9c1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ pip-log.txt
 .tox
 nosetests.xml
 .venv
+cover
+.testrepository
 
 # Translations
 *.mo
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 52a7191d3..b0de39989 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ deps = -r{toxinidir}/requirements.txt
 commands = pylint
 
 [testenv:cover]
+deps = -r{toxinidir}/requirements.txt
+       -r{toxinidir}/test-requirements.txt
+       -r{toxinidir}/test-2.x-requirements.txt
 commands = python setup.py testr --coverage --testr-args='{posargs}'
 
 [testenv:venv]