diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 232a7e8a..ef12e423 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ jobs:
       before_script:
           - cargo install cargo-tarpaulin
       script:
-          - cargo tarpaulin --out Xml
+          - cargo tarpaulin --ignore-config --exclude-files "matrix_sdk/examples/*,matrix_sdk_common,matrix_sdk_test" --out Xml
       after_success:
           - bash <(curl -s https://codecov.io/bash)
 
diff --git a/tarpaulin.toml b/tarpaulin.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..96d8b225
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tarpaulin.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+[default-config]
+debug = true
+verbose = false
+exclude-files = ["matrix_sdk/examples/*", "matrix_sdk_common", "matrix_sdk_test"]