diff --git a/.coveragerc b/.coveragerc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c9b6467bbd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.coveragerc
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+[run]
+branch = True
+source = tempest
+omit = tempest/tests/*,tempest/openstack/*
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 28a9b9c96d..1777cb99cc 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -16,4 +16,5 @@ dist
 build
 .testrepository
 .coverage*
+!.coveragerc
 cover/