diff --git a/python/.gitignore b/python/.gitignore
index c8b0e67fe6..904f324bb1 100644
--- a/python/.gitignore
+++ b/python/.gitignore
@@ -15,3 +15,8 @@ qemu.egg-info/
 .venv/
 .tox/
 .dev-venv/
+
+# Coverage.py reports
+.coverage
+.coverage.*
+htmlcov/
diff --git a/python/Makefile b/python/Makefile
index fe27a3e12e..3334311362 100644
--- a/python/Makefile
+++ b/python/Makefile
@@ -92,6 +92,13 @@ check:
 check-tox:
 	@tox $(QEMU_TOX_EXTRA_ARGS)
 
+.PHONY: check-coverage
+check-coverage:
+	@coverage run -m avocado --config avocado.cfg run tests/*.py
+	@coverage combine
+	@coverage html
+	@coverage report
+
 .PHONY: clean
 clean:
 	python3 setup.py clean --all
@@ -100,3 +107,5 @@ clean:
 .PHONY: distclean
 distclean: clean
 	rm -rf qemu.egg-info/ .venv/ .tox/ $(QEMU_VENV_DIR) dist/
+	rm -f .coverage .coverage.*
+	rm -rf htmlcov/
diff --git a/python/avocado.cfg b/python/avocado.cfg
index 10dc6fb605..c7722e7ecd 100644
--- a/python/avocado.cfg
+++ b/python/avocado.cfg
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+[run]
+test_runner = runner
+
 [simpletests]
 # Don't show stdout/stderr in the test *summary*
 status.failure_fields = ['status']
diff --git a/python/setup.cfg b/python/setup.cfg
index 8481fa7c92..4fd0c68a5b 100644
--- a/python/setup.cfg
+++ b/python/setup.cfg
@@ -140,3 +140,13 @@ deps =
     .[fuse]  # Workaround to trigger tox venv rebuild
 commands =
     make check
+
+# Coverage.py [https://coverage.readthedocs.io/en/latest/] is a tool for
+# measuring code coverage of Python programs. It monitors your program,
+# noting which parts of the code have been executed, then analyzes the
+# source to identify code that could have been executed but was not.
+
+[coverage:run]
+concurrency = multiprocessing
+source = qemu/
+parallel = true