diff --git a/.coveragerc b/.coveragerc
index 6f415c5c0..964f6679c 100644
--- a/.coveragerc
+++ b/.coveragerc
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
+[run]
+branch = True
+source = ceilometer
+omit = ceilometer/tests/*, ceilometer/openstack/common/*
+
 [report]
-# code copied from oslo openstack common code, we do not have
-# test cases particularly for these modules, excluding them
-# from coverage report
-omit = ceilometer/openstack/common/*.py
+ignore-errors = True
+