diff --git a/.Rbuildignore b/.Rbuildignore
index 5f08b7090..04b3d79e5 100644
--- a/.Rbuildignore
+++ b/.Rbuildignore
@@ -13,3 +13,4 @@ doxyfile
 .clang_format
 vignettes/getCurrentVersionsOfCitedPackages.R
 ^Contributing.md$
+^\.codecov\.yml$
diff --git a/.codecov.yml b/.codecov.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..69cb76019
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.codecov.yml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+comment: false
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index b720131f3..adfe32a2f 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ install:
 script: 
   - ./run.sh run_tests
 
+after_success:
+  - ./run.sh coverage
+
 after_failure:
   - ./run.sh dump_logs
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ea3b80ed7..8cb26a132 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-## Rcpp [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/RcppCore/Rcpp.svg)](https://travis-ci.org/RcppCore/Rcpp) [![License](http://img.shields.io/badge/license-GPL%20%28%3E=%202%29-brightgreen.svg?style=flat)](http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html) [![CRAN](http://www.r-pkg.org/badges/version/Rcpp)](https://cran.r-project.org/package=Rcpp) [![Downloads](http://cranlogs.r-pkg.org/badges/Rcpp?color=brightgreen)](http://www.r-pkg.org/pkg/Rcpp)
+## Rcpp [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/RcppCore/Rcpp.svg)](https://travis-ci.org/RcppCore/Rcpp) [![License](http://img.shields.io/badge/license-GPL%20%28%3E=%202%29-brightgreen.svg?style=flat)](http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html) [![CRAN](http://www.r-pkg.org/badges/version/Rcpp)](https://cran.r-project.org/package=Rcpp) [![Downloads](http://cranlogs.r-pkg.org/badges/Rcpp?color=brightgreen)](http://www.r-pkg.org/pkg/Rcpp) [![Coverage Status](https://img.shields.io/codecov/c/github/RcppCore/Rcpp/master.svg)](https://codecov.io/github/RcppCore/Rcpp?branch=master)
 
 ### Seamless R and C++ Integration