diff --git a/.github/.codecov.yml b/.github/.codecov.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b2b3d7d8aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/.codecov.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+coverage:
+  status:
+    project:
+      default: false # disable the default status that measures entire project
+      pkg: # declare a new status context "pkg"
+        paths:
+          - pkg/* # only include coverage in "pkg/" folder
+        informational: true # Always pass check
+    patch: off # disable the commit only checks
diff --git a/.github/workflows/unitcoverage.yaml b/.github/workflows/unitcoverage.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d90885dacd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/unitcoverage.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+name: Unit Test Coverage
+on: [push, pull_request]
+jobs:
+  test:
+    name: Unit Tests
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        os: [ubuntu-18.04, ubuntu-20.04]
+    timeout-minutes: 20
+    steps:
+    - name: Install Go
+      uses: actions/setup-go@v2 
+    - name: Checkout
+      uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      with:
+        fetch-depth: 1
+    - name: Run Unit Tests
+      run: | 
+        go test ./pkg/...  -coverprofile coverage.out
+        go tool cover -func coverage.out
+    - name: Upload Results To Codecov
+      uses: codecov/codecov-action@v1
+      with:
+        files: ./coverage.out
+        flags: unittests # optional
+        verbose: true # optional (default = false)
diff --git a/scripts/test b/scripts/test
index 57b9c88af3..7256c4b908 100755
--- a/scripts/test
+++ b/scripts/test
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ echo "Did test-run-basics $?"
 . ./scripts/test-run-compat
 echo "Did test-run-compat $?"
 
+
 # ---
 
 [ "$ARCH" != 'amd64' ] && \
@@ -38,4 +39,6 @@ echo "Did test-run-sonobuoy $?"
 test-run-sonobuoy mysql
 test-run-sonobuoy postgres
 
+. ./scripts/test-unit
+
 exit 0
diff --git a/scripts/test-unit b/scripts/test-unit
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..730885c227
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/test-unit
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+go test -cover -v ./pkg/...
diff --git a/scripts/validate b/scripts/validate
index cc96d8c689..098fc4e77b 100755
--- a/scripts/validate
+++ b/scripts/validate
@@ -32,5 +32,3 @@ if [ -n "$DIRTY" ]; then
     git diff
     exit 1
 fi
-
-"${GO}" test -v ./pkg/...