diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index dd1c3ad5b..d01c2f769 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -29,7 +29,9 @@ Usage: ```builder.pyz [build|inspect|<action-name>] [spec] [OPTIONS]```
 * ```--build-dir DIR``` - Make a new directory to do all the build work in, instead of using the current directory
 * ```--dump-config``` - Dumps the resultant config after merging all available options. Useful for debugging your project configuration.
 * ```--cmake-extra``` - Extra cmake config arg applied to all projects. e.g ```--cmake-extra=-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON```. May be specified multiple times.
-* ```--coverage``` - Generate the test coverage report and upload it to codecov. Only supported when using cmake and gcc as compiler, error out on other cases.
+* ```--coverage``` - Generate the test coverage report and upload it to codecov. Only supported when using cmake and gcc as compiler, error out on other cases. Use `--coverage-include` and `--coverage-exclude` to report the needed coverage file. The default code coverage report will include everything in the `source/` directory
+    * ```--coverage-include``` - The relative (based on the project directory) path of files and folders to include in the test coverage report. May be specified multiple times.
+    * ```--coverage-exclude``` - The relative (based on the project directory) path of files and folders to exclude in the test coverage report. May be specified multiple times. Note: the include can override the exlucde path.
 
 ### Supported Targets:
 * linux: x86|i686, x64|x86_64, armv6, armv7, arm64|armv8|aarch64|arm64v8
diff --git a/builder/main.py b/builder/main.py
index 750598d43..300dec7a0 100755
--- a/builder/main.py
+++ b/builder/main.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 from builder.core.scripts import Scripts
 from builder.core.toolchain import Toolchain
 from builder.core.host import current_os, current_host, current_arch, current_platform, normalize_target
+from builder.core.util import UniqueList
 import builder.core.data as data
 
 import builder.core.api  # force API to load and expose the virtual module
@@ -145,7 +146,14 @@ def parse_args():
     parser.add_argument('--variant', type=str, help="Build variant to use instead of default")
     parser.add_argument('--cmake-extra', action='append', default=[])
     parser.add_argument('--coverage', action='store_true',
-                        help="Enable test coverage report and upload it the codecov. Only supported when using cmake with gcc as compiler, error out on other cases.")
+                        help="Enable test coverage report and upload it the codecov. Only supported when using cmake with gcc as compiler, error out on other cases.\n"
+                        + "Use --coverage-include and --coverage-exclude to report the needed coverage file. The default code coverage report will include everything in the `source/` directory")
+    parser.add_argument('--coverage-include', action='append', default=[],
+                        help="The relative (based on the project directory) path of files and folders to include in the test coverage report.\n"
+                        + "The default code coverage report will include everything in the `source/` directory")
+    parser.add_argument('--coverage-exclude', action='append', default=[],
+                        help="The relative (based on the project directory) path of files and folders (ends with `/`) to exlude from the test coverage report.\n"
+                        + "The default code coverage report will include everything in the `source/` directory")
 
     # hand parse command and spec from within the args given
     command = None
@@ -234,8 +242,21 @@ def upload_test_coverage(env):
     # only works for linux for now
     env.shell.exec('curl', '-Os', 'https://uploader.codecov.io/latest/linux/codecov', check=True)
     env.shell.exec('chmod', '+x', 'codecov', check=True)
+    include_args = UniqueList(['source/'])
+    include_args += env.args.coverage_include
+    exclude_args = UniqueList(env.args.coverage_exclude)
+    uploader_args = []
+    for include in include_args:
+        include += '*'
+        uploader_args.append('-f')
+        uploader_args.append(include.replace("/", "#"))
+    for exclude in exclude_args:
+        exclude += '*'
+        exclude = "!" + exclude
+        uploader_args.append('-f')
+        uploader_args.append(exclude.replace("/", "#"))
     # based on the way generated report, we only upload the report started with `source/`
-    env.shell.exec('./codecov', '-t', token, '-f', 'source#*', check=True)
+    env.shell.exec('./codecov', '-t', token, uploader_args, check=True)
 
 
 def main():