diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index dea969504a90f1..f6c0377bd29d3f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 !.gitignore
 !.gitkeep
 !.mailmap
+!.nycrc
 !.remarkrc
 
 core
diff --git a/.nycrc b/.nycrc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..9e34a976e21ef6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.nycrc
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+  "exclude": [
+    "**/internal/process/write-coverage.js"
+  ],
+  "reporter": ["html", "text"]
+}
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 7087fc655eaa29..274df0745871cf 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ coverage-test: coverage-build
 	$(NODE) ./node_modules/.bin/istanbul-merge --out \
 		.cov_tmp/libcov.json 'out/Release/.coverage/coverage-*.json'
 	(cd lib && .$(NODE) ../node_modules/.bin/nyc report \
-		--temp-directory "$(CURDIR)/.cov_tmp" -r html \
+		--temp-directory "$(CURDIR)/.cov_tmp" \
 		--report-dir "../coverage")
 	-(cd out && "../gcovr/scripts/gcovr" --gcov-exclude='.*deps' \
 		--gcov-exclude='.*usr' -v -r Release/obj.target/node \