diff --git a/packages/jest-editor-support/src/Runner.js b/packages/jest-editor-support/src/Runner.js
index 4acfa3873b8e..409d1174f2e4 100644
--- a/packages/jest-editor-support/src/Runner.js
+++ b/packages/jest-editor-support/src/Runner.js
@@ -66,6 +66,9 @@ export default class Runner extends EventEmitter {
     if (this.options.testFileNamePattern) {
       args.push(this.options.testFileNamePattern);
     }
+    if (this.options.coverage) {
+      args.push('--coverage');
+    }
 
     const options = {
       shell: this.options.shell,
diff --git a/packages/jest-editor-support/src/__tests__/runner.test.js b/packages/jest-editor-support/src/__tests__/runner.test.js
index 3253d1be9150..289de59722d3 100644
--- a/packages/jest-editor-support/src/__tests__/runner.test.js
+++ b/packages/jest-editor-support/src/__tests__/runner.test.js
@@ -180,6 +180,19 @@ describe('Runner', () => {
       expect((createProcess: any).mock.calls[0][1]).toContain('--watch');
     });
 
+    it('calls createProcess with the --coverage arg when provided', () => {
+      const expected = '--coverage';
+
+      const workspace: any = {};
+      const options = {coverage: true};
+      const sut = new Runner(workspace, options);
+      sut.start(false);
+
+      const args = (createProcess: any).mock.calls[0][1];
+      const index = args.indexOf(expected);
+      expect(index).not.toBe(-1);
+    });
+
     it('calls createProcess with the --testNamePattern arg when provided', () => {
       const expected = 'testNamePattern';
 
diff --git a/packages/jest-editor-support/src/types.js b/packages/jest-editor-support/src/types.js
index 22debbe9296d..e8708eb2133f 100644
--- a/packages/jest-editor-support/src/types.js
+++ b/packages/jest-editor-support/src/types.js
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import type {ChildProcess} from 'child_process';
 import type ProjectWorkspace from './project_workspace';
 
 export type Options = {
+  coverage?: boolean,
   createProcess?: (
     workspace: ProjectWorkspace,
     args: Array<string>,