diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 45c6bc95..09b7379c 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ tag = True
 [bdist_wheel]
 universal = true
 
+[coverage:run]
+omit = pymemcache/test/*
+
 [tool:pytest]
 norecursedirs = build docs/_build *.egg .tox *.venv
 addopts = 
@@ -13,7 +16,7 @@ addopts =
 	--tb=short
 	--capture=no
 	-rfEsxX
-	--cov=pymemcache --cov-report=xml --cov-report=term-missing
+	--cov=pymemcache --cov-config=setup.cfg --cov-report=xml --cov-report=term-missing
 	-m unit
 markers = 
 	unit