diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 0e608ac1..e46cdc17 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ compiler:
   - gcc
 script: bash "${BUILDSCRIPT}" "${BUILDNAME}" "${BUILDOPTIONS}" "makefile" "-DUSE_LTM -DLTM_DESC -I/usr/include" "/usr/lib/libtommath.a"
 env:
+  - BUILDSCRIPT="coverage.sh"   BUILDNAME="COVERAGE"                    BUILDOPTIONS=" "
   - BUILDSCRIPT="run.sh"        BUILDNAME="STOCK"                       BUILDOPTIONS=" "
   - BUILDSCRIPT="run.sh"        BUILDNAME="SMALL"                       BUILDOPTIONS="-DLTC_SMALL_CODE"
   - BUILDSCRIPT="run.sh"        BUILDNAME="NOTABLES"                    BUILDOPTIONS="-DLTC_NO_TABLES"
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ branches:
     - develop
 before_script:
   - sudo apt-get install libtommath-dev
+  - sudo pip install cpp-coveralls
 after_failure:
   - cat test_std.txt
   - cat test_err.txt
diff --git a/coverage.sh b/coverage.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..e3ad797c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/coverage.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+if [ -z "$(echo $CC | grep "gcc")" ]; then
+    echo "no gcc detected, early exit success"
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+# output version
+bash printinfo.sh
+
+bash build.sh " $1" " $2" " $3 " "$4 -fprofile-arcs -ftest-coverage " "$5 -lgcov"
+if [ -a testok.txt ] && [ -f testok.txt ]; then
+   echo
+else
+	echo
+	echo "Test failed"
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+cpp-coveralls
+
+exit 0
+
+# $Source$
+# $Revision$
+# $Date$