diff --git a/.coveragerc b/.coveragerc
index af3ce85787..b8c41ffc43 100644
--- a/.coveragerc
+++ b/.coveragerc
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [run]
 branch = True
 parallel = True
-include=$TOP/synapse/*
+source = synapse/
 data_file = $TOP/.coverage
 relative_files = True