diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 4c9530804..da1df8b72 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ run-unit-tests:
     - echo "tester:password" | chpasswd
     - cp -r . /home/tester/plinth
     - chown -R tester:tester /home/tester/plinth
-    - su -c "cd ~/plinth;PYTHONPATH='.' py.test-3 --cov=plinth --cov-report=html:/home/tester/plinth/htmlcov --cov-report=term" tester
+    - su -c "cd ~/plinth;PYTHONPATH='.' py.test-3 --cov=plinth --cov-report=html:/home/tester/plinth/htmlcov --cov-config=.coveragerc --cov-report=term" tester
     - cp -r /home/tester/plinth/htmlcov test-coverage-report
   coverage: '/^TOTAL\s+.*\s+(\d+\.\d+%)$/'
   artifacts: