diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 6f6399c..1752a8e 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -90,6 +90,18 @@ recommended to put them in a subdirectory called `playground/` since
 this will be automatically ignored by git and the build process,
 avoiding any undesirable complications.
 
+Test coverage
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+To view test coverage reports, first ensure that
+[`Devel::Cover`](https://metacpan.org/dist/Devel-Cover) is installed.
+Then type `make coverage`.  The last lines of the output should
+include something like:
+
+    HTML output written to /home/user/path/to/stow/cover_db/coverage.html
+
+which you can open in a web browser to view the report.
+
 Translating Stow
 ----------------
 
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 56abbef..96eedb1 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -87,6 +87,10 @@ check-TESTS:
 	dir=$(TESTS_DIR); \
 	$(TESTS_ENVIRONMENT) -MTest::Harness -e 'runtests(@ARGV)' "$${dir#./}"/*.t
 
+coverage:
+	PERL5OPT=-MDevel::Cover $(MAKE) check-TESTS
+	cover
+
 $(TESTS_OUT):
 	mkdir -p $@