diff --git a/all/pom.xml b/all/pom.xml
index cd444ca09d..b259aab547 100644
--- a/all/pom.xml
+++ b/all/pom.xml
@@ -53,6 +53,46 @@
         <quickbuild>false</quickbuild>
       </properties>
     </profile>
+    <profile>
+      <id>coverage</id>
+      <build>
+        <plugins>
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.jacoco</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jacoco-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+            <executions>
+              <execution>
+                <id>jacoco-merge</id>
+                <phase>prepare-package</phase>
+                <goals>
+                  <goal>merge</goal>
+                </goals>
+                <configuration>
+                  <fileSets>
+                    <fileSet>
+                      <directory>${project.parent.build.directory}/..</directory>
+                      <includes>
+                        <include>**/target/jacoco.exec</include>
+                      </includes>
+                    </fileSet>
+                  </fileSets>
+                </configuration>
+              </execution>
+              <execution>
+                <id>jacoco-report</id>
+                <phase>prepare-package</phase>
+                <goals>
+                  <goal>report</goal>
+                </goals>
+                <configuration>
+                  <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/jacoco-report</outputDirectory>
+                </configuration>
+              </execution>
+            </executions>
+          </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+      </build>
+    </profile>
   </profiles>
 
   <dependencies>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8d1edbda3f..4ae910ba6c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -85,6 +85,26 @@
         </test.jvm.argLine>
       </properties>
     </profile>
+    <profile>
+      <id>coverage</id>
+      <build>
+        <plugins>
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.jacoco</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jacoco-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+            <version>0.6.4.201312101107</version>
+            <executions>
+              <execution>
+                <id>jacoco-prepare-agent</id>
+                <goals>
+                  <goal>prepare-agent</goal>
+                </goals>
+              </execution>
+            </executions>
+          </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+      </build>
+    </profile>
   </profiles>
 
   <properties>
@@ -448,7 +468,7 @@
             <exclude>**/TestUtil*</exclude>
           </excludes>
           <runOrder>random</runOrder>
-          <argLine>${test.jvm.argLine}</argLine>
+          <argLine>${argLine} ${test.jvm.argLine}</argLine>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
       <!-- always produce osgi bundles -->