diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ad3dd70..efa0db4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ test/*.eps
 test/*.jpg
 test/test_cscripts.sh
 test/test_examples.py
+test/testing.py
 test/reports/*.xml
 test/butterfly.txt
 test/.coverage
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index f665da7..8672514 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1034,6 +1034,7 @@ AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile
                  test/test_python_ctools.sh
                  test/test_python_cscripts.sh
                  test/test_examples.py
+                 test/testing.py
                  pyext/Makefile
                  pyext/setup.py
                  pyext/ctools/__init__.py
diff --git a/test/testing.py b/test/testing.py.in
index 78512cc..ca19bc6 100755
--- a/test/testing.py
+++ b/test/testing.py.in
@@ -60,7 +60,8 @@ class test(gammalib.GPythonTestSuite):
         # not. If the software is not installed the 'TEST_BUILDDIR' environment
         # variable will exist
         if 'TEST_BUILDDIR' in os.environ:
-            script = os.environ['TEST_BUILDDIR'] + '/cscripts/'+name+'.py'
+            script = '@PYTHON_COVERAGE@' + os.environ['TEST_BUILDDIR'] + \
+                     '/cscripts/'+name+'.py'
         else:
             script = name