diff --git a/.codecov.yml b/.codecov.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..baacc1fe12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.codecov.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+codecov:
+  notify:
+    require_ci_to_pass: yes
+
+comment:
+  layout: "diff, files"
+  behavior: default
+  require_changes: false  # if true: only post the comment if coverage changes
+  require_base: no        # [yes :: must have a base report to post]
+  require_head: yes       # [yes :: must have a head report to post]
+
+# don't gather statistics for tets and external libraries
+ignore:
+  - tests/.*
+  - zip/.*
+  - 3rdParty/.*
diff --git a/tests/executeUnitTests.sh b/tests/executeUnitTests.sh
index 555b31abde..5d7b506562 100755
--- a/tests/executeUnitTests.sh
+++ b/tests/executeUnitTests.sh
@@ -75,5 +75,5 @@ if [ "${report}" = "yes" ]; then
     for T in lib sched; do
         [ -d "${T}" ] && gcov -lp *.o >/dev/null;
     done
-    codecov -X gcov
+    codecov
 fi