diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a3f1df04..6eff7441 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # Build directories and binary files
 build/
 out/
+out/coverage/*
 cmake-build-*/
 conan-cache/
 
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@ CMakeUserPresets.json
 !.vscode/tasks.json
 !.vscode/launch.json
 !.vscode/extensions.json
+*.bak
 *.swp
 *~
 _ReSharper*
diff --git a/gcovr.cfg b/gcovr.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d248e096
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gcovr.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+root = .
+search-path = out
+
+filter = src/*
+filter = include/*
+
+exclude-directories = install
+exclude-directories = out/*/*/_deps
+exclude-directories = test
+exclude-directories = fuzz_test
+
+gcov-ignore-parse-errors = yes
+print-summary = yes
+
+html-details = ./out/coverage/index.html
+
+cobertura-pretty = yes
+cobertura = out/cobertura.xml
+
+#TBD delete-gcov-files = yes
diff --git a/out/coverage/.keep b/out/coverage/.keep
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b