diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index da9c2fc..0cfeaf4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 node_modules
 
+coverage/
+.nyc_output/
+
 # Only apps should have lockfiles
 npm-shrinkwrap.json
 package-lock.json
diff --git a/.nycrc b/.nycrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..55c3d29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.nycrc
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{
+	"all": true,
+	"check-coverage": false,
+	"reporter": ["text-summary", "text", "html", "json"],
+	"lines": 86,
+	"statements": 85.93,
+	"functions": 82.43,
+	"branches": 76.06,
+	"exclude": [
+		"coverage",
+		"example",
+		"test"
+	]
+}
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index fd1573b..ecd2d70 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -4,11 +4,12 @@
     "description": "parse argument options",
     "main": "index.js",
     "devDependencies": {
+        "nyc": "^10.3.2",
         "tape": "^5.6.1"
     },
     "scripts": {
         "prepack": "npmignore --auto --commentLines=auto",
-        "test": "tape test/*.js"
+        "test": "nyc tape test/*.js"
     },
     "testling": {
         "files": "test/*.js",