diff --git a/.hgignore b/.hgignore
--- a/.hgignore
+++ b/.hgignore
@@ -91,3 +91,7 @@
 .coverage
 coverage/
 htmlcov/
+*.gcda
+*.gcno
+*.gcov
+coverage.info
diff --git a/Makefile.pre.in b/Makefile.pre.in
--- a/Makefile.pre.in
+++ b/Makefile.pre.in
@@ -463,11 +463,43 @@
 build_all_use_profile:
 	$(MAKE) all CFLAGS="$(CFLAGS) -fprofile-use -fprofile-correction"
 
+# Compile and run with gcov
+.PHONY=coverage coverage-test coverage-lcov coverage-report
 coverage:
 	@echo "Building with support for coverage checking:"
 	$(MAKE) clean
 	$(MAKE) all CFLAGS="$(CFLAGS) -O0 -pg -fprofile-arcs -ftest-coverage" LIBS="$(LIBS) -lgcov"
 
+coverage-test:
+	$(MAKE) profile-removal
+	$(MAKE) coverage
+	@echo "Running tests with coverage"
+	# ignore test failures
+	$(TESTRUNNER) $(TESTOPTS) || true
+
+COVERAGE_INFO=$(abs_builddir)/coverage.info
+COVERAGE_REPORT=$(abs_builddir)/lcov-report
+
+coverage-lcov:
+	@rm -rf $(COVERAGE_INFO) $(COVERAGE_REPORT)
+	lcov --capture --directory $(abs_builddir) \
+	    --base-directory $(realpath $(abs_builddir)) \
+	    --path $(realpath $(abs_srcdir)) \
+	    --output-file $(COVERAGE_INFO)
+	lcov --remove $(COVERAGE_INFO) '*/Modules/_ctypes/libffi/*' \
+	    --output-file $(COVERAGE_INFO)
+	lcov --remove $(COVERAGE_INFO) '*/Modules/_sha3/keccak/*' \
+	    --output-file $(COVERAGE_INFO)
+	lcov --remove $(COVERAGE_INFO) '*/Modules/_decimal/libmpdec/*' \
+	    --output-file $(COVERAGE_INFO)
+	lcov --remove $(COVERAGE_INFO) '/usr/include/*' \
+	    --output-file $(COVERAGE_INFO)
+	genhtml $(COVERAGE_INFO) --output-directory $(COVERAGE_REPORT) \
+	    --title "CPython lcov report"
+
+coverage-report:
+	$(MAKE) coverage-test
+	$(MAKE) coverage-lcov
 
 # Build the interpreter
 $(BUILDPYTHON):	Modules/python.o $(LIBRARY) $(LDLIBRARY) $(PY3LIBRARY)