diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 6f04160..c518abc 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,16 @@ env:
 language: rust
 rust:
   - 1.32.0
+
+# necessary for `travis-cargo coveralls --no-sudo`
+addons:
+  apt:
+    packages:
+      - libcurl4-openssl-dev
+      - libelf-dev
+      - libdw-dev
+      - binutils-dev # optional: only required for the --verify flag of coveralls
+
 os:
   - linux
   - osx
@@ -22,12 +32,29 @@ cache:
 before_script:
   - curl -sSL https://github.com/maidsafe/QA/raw/master/travis/cargo_install.sh > cargo_install.sh
   - bash cargo_install.sh cargo-prune;
+  - |
+      PKGNAME="safe_auth" # must match with cargo.toml
+      LOCAL="~/.local" # install here to avoid `sudo`
+      export PATH=$LOCAL/bin:$PATH
 
 before_cache:
   - cargo prune
 
-install :
-  - cargo check --release
+install:
+  - cargo check
+
+script:
+  - cargo test
 
-script :
-  - cargo test --release
+after_success:
+  - |
+      if [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "linux" ]]; then
+      wget https://github.com/SimonKagstrom/kcov/archive/master.tar.gz &&
+      tar xzf master.tar.gz && mkdir kcov-master/build && cd kcov-master/build &&
+      cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=$LOCAL .. && make &&
+      make install && cd ../.. &&
+      kcov --verify \
+           --coveralls-id=$TRAVIS_JOB_ID \
+           --exclude-pattern=/.cargo \
+           target/kcov target/debug/$PKGNAME-*;
+      fi
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e0c4e21..6efd744 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
-|Documentation|Linux/macOS/Windows|
-|:-----------:|:-----------------:|
-| [![Documentation](https://docs.rs/safe-authenticator-cli/badge.svg)](https://docs.rs/safe-authenticator-cli) | [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.com/maidsafe/safe-authenticator-cli.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.com/maidsafe/safe-authenticator-cli) |
+|Documentation|Linux/macOS/Windows|Coverage Status|
+|:-----------:|:-----------------:|:-------------:|
+| [![Documentation](https://docs.rs/safe-authenticator-cli/badge.svg)](https://docs.rs/safe-authenticator-cli) | [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.com/maidsafe/safe-authenticator-cli.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.com/maidsafe/safe-authenticator-cli) | [![Coverage Status](https://coveralls.io/repos/github/maidsafe/safe-authenticator-cli/badge.svg)](https://coveralls.io/github/maidsafe/safe-authenticator-cli) |
 
 | [MaidSafe website](https://maidsafe.net) | [SAFE Dev Forum](https://forum.safedev.org) | [SAFE Network Forum](https://safenetforum.org) |
 |:----------------------------------------:|:-------------------------------------------:|:----------------------------------------------:|
 
+
 # SAFE Authenticator CLI
 This crate implements a CLI (Command Line Interface) for the [safe_authenticator](https://github.com/maidsafe/safe_client_libs/tree/master/safe_authenticator) crate.