diff --git a/test/.gitignore b/test/.gitignore
index 6f92ab65a..761a54f91 100644
--- a/test/.gitignore
+++ b/test/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 *.gcda
 *.gcno
-coverage.info
+coverage*.info
+coverage
 coverage-html
+coverage-bat
+coverage-unit
+coverage-pts
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/auto-pts/coverage.sh b/test/auto-pts/coverage.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..ef83d978f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/auto-pts/coverage.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# collect traces from auto-pts run
+lcov --capture --rc lcov_branch_coverage=1 --directory . --exclude "/Applications/*" --exclude "/Library/*" --exclude "/usr/*" --exclude "*/test/*" --output-file coverage-pts.info
+
+# optional: download unit tests, merge and filter results like in ../Makefile
+
+# generate html output
+genhtml coverage-pts.info  --branch-coverage --output-directory coverage-pts