diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 0bc54d12413d90bcbc0f19ba878519e08ffb1859..2d00c21306e8f716983f2fe04f975314b8ee8217 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ tests:
     script:
         - python3 setup.py install
         - pytest-3
+    coverage: '/TOTAL.*\s+(\d+%)$/'
 
 # generate the documentation
 doc: