diff --git a/.luacov b/.luacov
index f2c654a81e5..9145bbfd5c8 100644
--- a/.luacov
+++ b/.luacov
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 return {
 
+  includeuntestedfiles = {
+    "kong/",
+  },
   runreport = true,
 
   include = {
@@ -9,7 +12,7 @@ return {
 
   exclude = {
     "bazel%-bin/build",
-    "^spec/"
+    "^spec/",
   }
 
 }
diff --git a/t/pdk.luacov b/t/pdk.luacov
index 2000dca6a41..1147356042a 100644
--- a/t/pdk.luacov
+++ b/t/pdk.luacov
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 runreport = true
+includeuntestedfiles = true
 
 modules = {
    ["kong.pdk.*"] = ".",