diff --git a/.coveragerc b/.coveragerc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9b2a819e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.coveragerc
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+# .coveragerc to control coverage.py
+[run]
+branch = True
+
+source = wagtail
+
+omit =
+    */migrations/*
+    wagtail/vendor/*
+
+
+[report]
+# Regexes for lines to exclude from consideration
+exclude_lines =
+    # Have to re-enable the standard pragma
+    pragma: no cover
+
+    # Don't complain about missing debug-only code:
+    def __repr__
+    if self\.debug
+
+    # Don't complain if tests don't hit defensive assertion code:
+    raise AssertionError
+    raise NotImplementedError
+
+    # Don't complain if non-runnable code isn't run:
+    if 0:
+    if __name__ == .__main__.:
+
+ignore_errors = True
+
+[html]
+directory = coverage_html_report
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 8079bc2f2..d3453ea76 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ before_script:
   - psql -c 'create database wagtaildemo;' -U postgres
 # Run the tests
 script:
-  coverage run --source=wagtail --omit=*/migrations/*,*/vendor/* runtests.py
+  coverage run runtests.py
 after_success:
   coveralls
 # Who to notify about build results