diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index b9c2eca32a..9ab1d9698b 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ go_import_path: k8s.io/ingress
 
 env:
   global:
+    # to add additional secure variables:
+    # docker run --rm caktux/travis-cli encrypt key=value -r kubernetes/ingress
     - RELEASE="ci-${TRAVIS_BUILD_ID}"
 
 install:
@@ -27,8 +29,6 @@ before_script:
   - export PATH=$PATH:$PWD/hack/e2e-internal/
 
 script:  
-  # enable kubernetes/ingress in 
-  # coveralls.io and add cover task
-  - make fmt lint vet test
+  - make fmt lint vet cover
   #- make controllers controllers-images
   #- make test-e2e
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 966831460d..1857bc195b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ test-e2e: ginkgo
 cover:
 	@go list -f '{{if len .TestGoFiles}}"go test -coverprofile={{.Dir}}/.coverprofile {{.ImportPath}}"{{end}}' ${GO_LIST_FILES} | xargs -L 1 sh -c
 	gover
-	goveralls -coverprofile=gover.coverprofile -service travis-ci -repotoken ${COVERALLS_TOKEN}
+	goveralls -coverprofile=gover.coverprofile -service travis-ci
 
 .PHONY: vet
 vet:
diff --git a/README.adoc b/README.adoc
index 9ab9c11c0d..89b9247447 100644
--- a/README.adoc
+++ b/README.adoc
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 image:https://travis-ci.org/kubernetes/ingress.svg?branch=master["Build Status", link="https://travis-ci.org/kubernetes/ingress"]
 
+image:https://coveralls.io/repos/github/kubernetes/ingress/badge.svg?branch=master["Coverage Status", link="https://coveralls.io/github/kubernetes/ingress"]
+
+
 = Ingress
 :toc: macro
 :toc-title: