diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 6265ed8..d7b5c35 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -1,3 +1,31 @@
+# Ignore system headers
+CODE_COVERAGE_IGNORE_PATTERN = '/include/*' '/usr/include/*' '$(includedir)/*'
+# Ignore the real implementation sources for sys
+CODE_COVERAGE_IGNORE_PATTERN += '$(abs_builddir)/internal/sys.*'
+export CODE_COVERAGE_IGNORE_PATTERN
+
+CODE_COVERAGE_LCOV_SHOPTS = $(CODE_COVERAGE_LCOV_SHOPTS_DEFAULT)
+# Use our configuration file for lcov
+CODE_COVERAGE_LCOV_SHOPTS += --config-file $(abs_srcdir)/.lcovrc
+export CODE_COVERAGE_LCOV_SHOPTS
+
+CODE_COVERAGE_LCOV_OPTIONS = $(CODE_COVERAGE_LCOV_OPTIONS_DEFAULT)
+# Use our configuration file for lcov
+CODE_COVERAGE_LCOV_OPTIONS += --config-file $(abs_srcdir)/.lcovrc
+export CODE_COVERAGE_LCOV_OPTIONS
+
+CODE_COVERAGE_LCOV_RMOPTS = $(CODE_COVERAGE_LCOV_RMOPTS_DEFAULT)
+# Use our configuration file for lcov
+CODE_COVERAGE_LCOV_RMOPTS += --config-file $(abs_srcdir)/.lcovrc
+export CODE_COVERAGE_LCOV_RMOPTS
+
+CODE_COVERAGE_GENHTML_OPTIONS = $(CODE_COVERAGE_GENHTML_OPTIONS_DEFAULT)
+# Use our configuration file for genhtml
+CODE_COVERAGE_GENHTML_OPTIONS += --config-file $(abs_srcdir)/.lcovrc
+# Don't generate the absolute path for each file in the HTML output
+CODE_COVERAGE_GENHTML_OPTIONS += --prefix $(abs_srcdir) --prefix $(abs_builddir)
+export CODE_COVERAGE_GENHTML_OPTIONS
+
 ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4
 AM_DEFAULT_SOURCE_EXT = .cpp
 
@@ -15,11 +43,13 @@
 libfirmwareblob_la_LDFLAGS = \
 	$(SDBUSPLUS_LIBS) \
 	$(PHOSPHOR_LOGGING_LIBS) \
+	$(CODE_COVERAGE_LIBS) \
 	-lstdc++fs \
 	-version-info 0:0:0 -shared
 libfirmwareblob_la_CXXFLAGS = \
 	$(SDBUSPLUS_CFLAGS) \
 	$(PHOSPHOR_LOGGING_CFLAGS) \
+	$(CODE_COVERAGE_CXXFLAGS) \
 	-flto
 
 SUBDIRS = . test tools