diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 923474f84..38c907b91 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ jobs:
           command: |
             sudo apt-get install -y cmake libqt5svg5 libqt5svg5-dev neovim python3-dev python3-jinja2 python3-msgpack python3-pip qt5-default
             pip install --user cpp-coveralls PyYAML
+            sudo apt-get install -y lcov
       - run:
           name: build
           command: |
@@ -36,4 +37,10 @@ jobs:
           # trick cpp-coveralls into doing the right thing
           # https://github.com/eddyxu/cpp-coveralls/issues/143
           command: TRAVIS_JOB_ID="#${CIRCLE_BUILD_NUM}" ~/.local/bin/cpp-coveralls -y contrib/coveralls-circle.yml -E '.*/build/.*' -E '.*/third-party/.*' -E '.*/test/.*' -E '.*/bindings/.*'
+      - run:
+          name: Generate coverage report with lcov
+          command: lcov --directory . --capture --output-file coverage.info
+      - run:
+          name: Upload coverage report to codecov
+          command: bash <(curl -s https://codecov.io/bash) -f coverage.info 
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 81f9037b6..03e93c392 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ Neovim client library and GUI, in Qt5.
 [![Build status](https://ci.appveyor.com/api/projects/status/c252f54mfjcuud8x/branch/master?svg=true)](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/equalsraf/neovim-qt/branch/master)
 [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/equalsraf/neovim-qt.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/equalsraf/neovim-qt)
 [![Coverage Status](https://coveralls.io/repos/github/equalsraf/neovim-qt/badge.svg?branch=master)](https://coveralls.io/github/equalsraf/neovim-qt?branch=master)
+[![codecov Status](https://codecov.io/gh/equalsraf/neovim-qt/branch/master/graph/badge.svg)](https://codecov.io/gh/equalsraf/neovim-qt)
 [![Build Status](https://dev.azure.com/equalsraf/neovim-qt/_apis/build/status/equalsraf.neovim-qt?branchName=master)](https://dev.azure.com/equalsraf/neovim-qt/_build/latest?definitionId=1&branchName=master)
 [![Downloads](https://img.shields.io/github/downloads/equalsraf/neovim-qt/total.svg?maxAge=2592000)](https://github.com/equalsraf/neovim-qt/releases)