diff --git a/.coveralls.yml b/.coveralls.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e1d1604df2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.coveralls.yml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+repo_token: YysDKPzbssfETbQG7t2zEQOxPraO4Or1b
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4e6fc8715c..c8722d6107 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 pkg/*
 
+# Ignore Coveralls files
+.coveralls/*
+
 # Ignore Vim backup files.
 *~
 
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 9f57a1abf4..9b133e6390 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -9,8 +9,16 @@ GEM
   specs:
     ast (2.4.0)
     concurrent-ruby (1.0.5)
+    coveralls (0.8.21)
+      json (>= 1.8, < 3)
+      simplecov (~> 0.14.1)
+      term-ansicolor (~> 1.3)
+      thor (~> 0.19.4)
+      tins (~> 1.6)
+    docile (1.1.5)
     i18n (0.9.1)
       concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0)
+    json (2.1.0)
     minitest (5.10.3)
     parallel (1.12.1)
     parser (2.5.1.0)
@@ -27,15 +35,25 @@ GEM
       ruby-progressbar (~> 1.7)
       unicode-display_width (~> 1.0, >= 1.0.1)
     ruby-progressbar (1.9.0)
+    simplecov (0.14.1)
+      docile (~> 1.1.0)
+      json (>= 1.8, < 3)
+      simplecov-html (~> 0.10.0)
+    simplecov-html (0.10.2)
+    term-ansicolor (1.6.0)
+      tins (~> 1.0)
     test-unit (3.2.6)
       power_assert
+    thor (0.19.4)
     timecop (0.9.1)
+    tins (1.16.3)
     unicode-display_width (1.3.2)
 
 PLATFORMS
   ruby
 
 DEPENDENCIES
+  coveralls
   faker!
   minitest
   rake
@@ -44,4 +62,4 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   timecop
 
 BUNDLED WITH
-   1.16.1.pre1
+   1.16.1
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5219d8bbbf..2f16edefd6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Faker [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/stympy/faker.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/stympy/faker) [![Gem Version](https://badge.fury.io/rb/faker.svg)](https://badge.fury.io/rb/faker)
+# Faker [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/stympy/faker.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/stympy/faker) [![Gem Version](https://badge.fury.io/rb/faker.svg)](https://badge.fury.io/rb/faker) [![Coverage Status](https://coveralls.io/repos/github/stympy/faker/badge.svg?branch=master)](https://coveralls.io/github/stympy/faker?branch=master)
 
 
 This gem is a port of Perl's Data::Faker library that generates fake data.
diff --git a/faker.gemspec b/faker.gemspec
index 0ae1b657c8..48337d76f3 100644
--- a/faker.gemspec
+++ b/faker.gemspec
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.license     = 'MIT'
 
   s.add_runtime_dependency('i18n', '>= 0.7')
+  s.add_development_dependency('coveralls')
   s.add_development_dependency('minitest')
   s.add_development_dependency('rake')
   s.add_development_dependency('rubocop')
diff --git a/test/test_helper.rb b/test/test_helper.rb
index 634c3ea32a..9838472c54 100644
--- a/test/test_helper.rb
+++ b/test/test_helper.rb
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@
 YAML::ENGINE.yamler = 'psych' if defined? YAML::ENGINE
 require File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../lib/faker')
 
+# add Coveralls support
+require 'coveralls'
+Coveralls.wear!
+
 # configure I18n
 locales_path = File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) + '../lib/locales')
 I18n.available_locales = Dir[locales_path + '/*'].map do |file|