diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 6491beb..537111e 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -62,6 +62,17 @@ jobs: # a collection of steps
           # Upload test summary for display in Artifacts: https://circleci.com/docs/2.0/artifacts/ 
           path: backend/reports/coverage/lcov-report
           destination: backend-coverage
+      - run:
+          name: copy frontend coverage
+          command: cp ./frontend/coverage/lcov.info ./backend/reports/coverage/lcov_frontend.info  
+      - run:
+          name: merge frontend and backend coverage
+          command: ./backend/node_modules/.bin/lcov-result-merger './backend/reports/coverage/lco*.info' './backend/reports/coverage/lcov_merged.info'
+      - run:
+          command: cat ./backend/reports/coverage/lcov_merged.info | ./backend/node_modules/.bin/coveralls
+          environment:
+            COVERALLS_SERVICE_NAME: circle-ci
+            COVERALLS_GIT_BRANCH: ${CIRCLE_BRANCH}    
       - save_cache:
           paths:
             - backend/node_modules
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index bb8548e..e1b734c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 [![CircleCI](https://circleci.com/gh/SAP/code-snippet.svg?style=svg)](https://circleci.com/gh/SAP/code-snippet)
+[![Coverage Status](https://coveralls.io/repos/github/SAP/code-snippet/badge.svg?branch=master)](https://coveralls.io/github/SAP/code-snippet?branch=master)
 ![GitHub license](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-Apache_2.0-blue.svg)
 [![REUSE status](https://api.reuse.software/badge/github.com/SAP/code-snippet)](https://api.reuse.software/info/github.com/SAP/code-snippet)
 [![dependentbot](https://api.dependabot.com/badges/status?host=github&repo=SAP/code-snippet)](https://dependabot.com/)
diff --git a/backend/package.json b/backend/package.json
index ff17282..4265456 100644
--- a/backend/package.json
+++ b/backend/package.json
@@ -159,6 +159,8 @@
 		"string-replace-loader": "^2.1.1",
 		"vsce": "^1.73.0",
 		"webpack": "^4.43.0",
-		"webpack-cli": "^3.3.11"
+		"webpack-cli": "^3.3.11",
+		"lcov-result-merger": "3.1.0",
+                "coveralls": "3.1.0"
 	}
 }
diff --git a/frontend/jest.config.js b/frontend/jest.config.js
index ad4aa5a..a4a1355 100644
--- a/frontend/jest.config.js
+++ b/frontend/jest.config.js
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ module.exports = {
     "!<rootDir>/src/plugins/**"
   ],
   coverageReporters: [
+    "lcov",
     "html",
     "text-summary"
   ],