diff --git a/.coveragerc b/.coveragerc
index 5c9d5016..891f4a66 100644
--- a/.coveragerc
+++ b/.coveragerc
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 [run]
 branch = True
 source = vmware_nsxlib
+omit = vmware_nsxlib/tests/*
 
 [report]
 ignore_errors = True
+[report]
+ignore_errors = True
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 9c669115..47057787 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -69,9 +69,8 @@ deps = -r{toxinidir}/test-requirements.txt
 commands = bandit -r vmware_nsxlib -n 5 -ll
 
 [testenv:cover]
-basepython = python2.7
 commands =
-  python setup.py testr --coverage --testr-args='{posargs}'
+  python setup.py test --coverage --coverage-package-name=vmware_nsxlib --testr-args='{posargs}'
   coverage report
 
 [testenv:venv]