diff --git a/.coveragerc b/.coveragerc
index 17fb730b..3bffd79a 100644
--- a/.coveragerc
+++ b/.coveragerc
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 
 [run]
 branch = True
-omit = /usr* /home/travis/virtualenv/*
+omit = /usr*
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index b3de1358..773c5f0b 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@ install:
   - pip install pyinotify
   - if [[ $TRAVIS_PYTHON_VERSION == 2.[6-7] ]]; then pip install -q coveralls; fi
 script:
-  - if [[ $TRAVIS_PYTHON_VERSION == 2.[6-7] ]]; then coverage run fail2ban-testcases; else python ./fail2ban-testcases; fi
+  - if [[ $TRAVIS_PYTHON_VERSION == 2.[6-7] ]]; then coverage run --rcfile=.travis_coveragerc fail2ban-testcases; else python ./fail2ban-testcases; fi
 after_script:
   - if [[ $TRAVIS_PYTHON_VERSION == 2.[6-7] ]]; then coveralls; fi
diff --git a/.travis_coveragerc b/.travis_coveragerc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4d4b7ebd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.travis_coveragerc
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+
+[run]
+branch = True
+omit =
+    /usr/*
+    /home/travis/virtualenv/*
+    server/filtergamin.py