diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index cc5a19276f..b06c6553e0 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -65,6 +65,9 @@ RUN	git clone https://git.fedorahosted.org/git/lvm2.git /usr/local/lvm2 && cd /u
 RUN	cd /usr/local/lvm2 && ./configure --enable-static_link && make device-mapper && make install_device-mapper
 # see https://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/lvm2.git/tree/INSTALL
 
+# Grab Go's cover tool for dead-simple code coverage testing
+RUN	go get code.google.com/p/go.tools/cmd/cover
+
 VOLUME	/var/lib/docker
 WORKDIR	/go/src/github.com/dotcloud/docker
 
diff --git a/hack/make.sh b/hack/make.sh
index 7b39f3161c..91f641af89 100755
--- a/hack/make.sh
+++ b/hack/make.sh
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ DEFAULT_BUNDLES=(
 	dynbinary
 	dyntest
 	dyntest-integration
+	cover
 	tgz
 	ubuntu
 )
@@ -64,6 +65,11 @@ LDFLAGS='-X main.GITCOMMIT "'$GITCOMMIT'" -X main.VERSION "'$VERSION'" -w'
 LDFLAGS_STATIC='-X github.com/dotcloud/docker/utils.IAMSTATIC true -linkmode external -extldflags "-lpthread -static -Wl,--unresolved-symbols=ignore-in-object-files"'
 BUILDFLAGS='-tags netgo'
 
+HAVE_GO_TEST_COVER=
+if go help testflag | grep -q -- -cover; then
+	HAVE_GO_TEST_COVER=1
+fi
+
 # If $TESTFLAGS is set in the environment, it is passed as extra arguments to 'go test'.
 # You can use this to select certain tests to run, eg.
 #
@@ -71,6 +77,14 @@ BUILDFLAGS='-tags netgo'
 #
 go_test_dir() {
 	dir=$1
+	testcover=()
+	if [ "$HAVE_GO_TEST_COVER" ]; then
+		# if our current go install has -cover, we want to use it :)
+		mkdir -p "$DEST/coverprofiles"
+		coverprofile="docker${dir#.}"
+		coverprofile="$DEST/coverprofiles/${coverprofile//\//-}"
+		testcover=( -cover -coverprofile "$coverprofile" )
+	fi
 	( # we run "go test -i" ouside the "set -x" to provde cleaner output
 		cd "$dir"
 		go test -i -ldflags "$LDFLAGS" $BUILDFLAGS
@@ -78,7 +92,7 @@ go_test_dir() {
 	(
 		set -x
 		cd "$dir"
-		go test -ldflags "$LDFLAGS" $BUILDFLAGS $TESTFLAGS
+		go test ${testcover[@]} -ldflags "$LDFLAGS" $BUILDFLAGS $TESTFLAGS
 	)
 }
 
diff --git a/hack/make/cover b/hack/make/cover
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6dc71d1c7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hack/make/cover
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+DEST="$1"
+
+bundle_cover() {
+	coverprofiles=( "$DEST/../"*"/coverprofiles/"* )
+	for p in "${coverprofiles[@]}"; do
+		echo
+		(
+			set -x
+			go tool cover -func="$p"
+		)
+	done
+}
+
+if [ "$HAVE_GO_TEST_COVER" ]; then
+	bundle_cover 2>&1 | tee "$DEST/report.log"
+else
+	echo >&2 'warning: the current version of go does not support -cover'
+	echo >&2 '  skipping test coverage report'
+fi