diff --git a/.coveragerc b/.coveragerc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ce98f5543d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.coveragerc
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+[run]
+branch = True
+source = ironic
+omit = ironic/tests/*
+
+[report]
+ignore_errors = True
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index f7b4681d6e..aa7698470d 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -64,13 +64,13 @@ commands =
 
 [testenv:cover]
 setenv = {[testenv]setenv}
-         PYTHON=coverage run --source ironic --omit='*tests*' --parallel-mode
+         PYTHON=coverage run --source ironic --parallel-mode
 commands =
   coverage erase
   stestr run --parallel-class {posargs}
   coverage combine
-  coverage report --omit='*tests*'
-  coverage html -d ./cover --omit='*tests*'
+  coverage report
+  coverage html -d ./cover
 
 [testenv:genconfig]
 sitepackages = False