diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.ant.test/pom.xml b/org.eclipse.jgit.ant.test/pom.xml
index 1f5eda64a..0a2085518 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.ant.test/pom.xml
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.ant.test/pom.xml
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
         <configuration>
-          <argLine>-Xmx256m -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -Djava.io.tmpdir=${project.build.directory}</argLine>
+          <argLine>@{argLine} -Xmx256m -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -Djava.io.tmpdir=${project.build.directory}</argLine>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.coverage/.classpath b/org.eclipse.jgit.coverage/.classpath
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..248406be3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.coverage/.classpath
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<classpath>
+	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.JRE_CONTAINER/org.eclipse.jdt.internal.debug.ui.launcher.StandardVMType/JavaSE-1.8">
+		<attributes>
+			<attribute name="maven.pomderived" value="true"/>
+		</attributes>
+	</classpathentry>
+	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.m2e.MAVEN2_CLASSPATH_CONTAINER">
+		<attributes>
+			<attribute name="maven.pomderived" value="true"/>
+		</attributes>
+	</classpathentry>
+	<classpathentry kind="output" path="target/classes"/>
+</classpath>
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.coverage/.gitignore b/org.eclipse.jgit.coverage/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b83d22266
--- /dev/null
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.coverage/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/target/
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.coverage/.project b/org.eclipse.jgit.coverage/.project
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6306b5ce0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.coverage/.project
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<projectDescription>
+	<name>org.eclipse.jgit.coverage</name>
+	<comment></comment>
+	<projects>
+	</projects>
+	<buildSpec>
+		<buildCommand>
+			<name>org.eclipse.m2e.core.maven2Builder</name>
+			<arguments>
+			</arguments>
+		</buildCommand>
+	</buildSpec>
+	<natures>
+		<nature>org.eclipse.m2e.core.maven2Nature</nature>
+	</natures>
+</projectDescription>
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.coverage/.settings/org.eclipse.core.resources.prefs b/org.eclipse.jgit.coverage/.settings/org.eclipse.core.resources.prefs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..99f26c020
--- /dev/null
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.coverage/.settings/org.eclipse.core.resources.prefs
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+eclipse.preferences.version=1
+encoding/<project>=UTF-8
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.coverage/.settings/org.eclipse.m2e.core.prefs b/org.eclipse.jgit.coverage/.settings/org.eclipse.m2e.core.prefs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f897a7f1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.coverage/.settings/org.eclipse.m2e.core.prefs
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+activeProfiles=
+eclipse.preferences.version=1
+resolveWorkspaceProjects=true
+version=1
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.coverage/pom.xml b/org.eclipse.jgit.coverage/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c908cfcb3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.coverage/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,143 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>org.eclipse.jgit</groupId>
+    <artifactId>org.eclipse.jgit-parent</artifactId>
+    <version>5.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <artifactId>org.eclipse.jgit.coverage</artifactId>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <name>JGit - Test Coverage</name>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.eclipse.jgit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>org.eclipse.jgit</artifactId>
+      <version>5.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.eclipse.jgit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>org.eclipse.jgit.ant</artifactId>
+      <version>5.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.eclipse.jgit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>org.eclipse.jgit.archive</artifactId>
+      <version>5.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.eclipse.jgit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>org.eclipse.jgit.http.apache</artifactId>
+      <version>5.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.eclipse.jgit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>org.eclipse.jgit.http.server</artifactId>
+      <version>5.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.eclipse.jgit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>org.eclipse.jgit.lfs</artifactId>
+      <version>5.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.eclipse.jgit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>org.eclipse.jgit.lfs.server</artifactId>
+      <version>5.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.eclipse.jgit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>org.eclipse.jgit.pgm</artifactId>
+      <version>5.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.eclipse.jgit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>org.eclipse.jgit.ui</artifactId>
+      <version>5.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.eclipse.jgit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>org.eclipse.jgit.ssh.apache</artifactId>
+      <version>5.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.eclipse.jgit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>org.eclipse.jgit.test</artifactId>
+      <version>5.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.eclipse.jgit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>org.eclipse.jgit.ant.test</artifactId>
+      <version>5.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.eclipse.jgit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>org.eclipse.jgit.http.test</artifactId>
+      <version>5.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.eclipse.jgit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>org.eclipse.jgit.pgm.test</artifactId>
+      <version>5.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.eclipse.jgit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>org.eclipse.jgit.lfs.test</artifactId>
+      <version>5.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.eclipse.jgit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>org.eclipse.jgit.lfs.server.test</artifactId>
+      <version>5.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.eclipse.jgit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>org.eclipse.jgit.ssh.apache.test</artifactId>
+      <version>5.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.jacoco</groupId>
+        <artifactId>jacoco-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>aggregate-reports-all</id>
+            <phase>verify</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>report-aggregate</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <title>JGit Test Coverage </title>
+              <outputDirectory>${project.reporting.outputDirectory}/jacoco-aggregate</outputDirectory>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+  <reporting>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.jacoco</groupId>
+        <artifactId>jacoco-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <reportSets>
+          <reportSet>
+            <id>aggregate</id>
+            <reports>
+              <report>report-aggregate</report>
+            </reports>
+          </reportSet>
+        </reportSets>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </reporting>
+</project>
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.http.test/pom.xml b/org.eclipse.jgit.http.test/pom.xml
index 244c8ae66..9eb8e7c83 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.http.test/pom.xml
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.http.test/pom.xml
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
         <configuration>
-          <argLine>-Djava.io.tmpdir=${project.build.directory}  -Xmx300m</argLine>
+          <argLine>@{argLine} -Djava.io.tmpdir=${project.build.directory}  -Xmx300m</argLine>
           <includes>
             <include>**/*Test.java</include>
             <include>**/*Tests.java</include>
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.lfs.server.test/pom.xml b/org.eclipse.jgit.lfs.server.test/pom.xml
index 65f759485..f8a4695cc 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.lfs.server.test/pom.xml
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.lfs.server.test/pom.xml
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
         <configuration>
-          <argLine>-Djava.io.tmpdir=${project.build.directory}  -Xmx300m</argLine>
+          <argLine>@{argLine} -Djava.io.tmpdir=${project.build.directory}  -Xmx300m</argLine>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.lfs.test/pom.xml b/org.eclipse.jgit.lfs.test/pom.xml
index c0c8a5739..3c8508f21 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.lfs.test/pom.xml
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.lfs.test/pom.xml
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
         <configuration>
-          <argLine>-Djava.io.tmpdir=${project.build.directory}  -Xmx300m</argLine>
+          <argLine>@{argLine} -Djava.io.tmpdir=${project.build.directory}  -Xmx300m</argLine>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm.test/pom.xml b/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm.test/pom.xml
index f33602b4d..ea18b01c9 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm.test/pom.xml
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm.test/pom.xml
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
         <configuration>
-          <argLine>-Djava.io.tmpdir=${project.build.directory}</argLine>
+          <argLine>@{argLine} -Djava.io.tmpdir=${project.build.directory}</argLine>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.ssh.apache.test/pom.xml b/org.eclipse.jgit.ssh.apache.test/pom.xml
index 8a735415d..9ca79378a 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.ssh.apache.test/pom.xml
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.ssh.apache.test/pom.xml
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
             <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
             <configuration>
-              <argLine>-Djgit.test.long=true</argLine>
+              <argLine>@{argLine} -Djgit.test.long=true</argLine>
             </configuration>
           </plugin>
         </plugins>
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
         <configuration>
-          <argLine>-Xmx1024m -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -Djava.io.tmpdir=${project.build.directory}</argLine>
+          <argLine>@{argLine} -Xmx1024m -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -Djava.io.tmpdir=${project.build.directory}</argLine>
           <includes>
             <include>**/*Test.java</include>
             <include>**/*Tests.java</include>
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.test/pom.xml b/org.eclipse.jgit.test/pom.xml
index c63b3fa72..10117d89d 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.test/pom.xml
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.test/pom.xml
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@
             <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
             <configuration>
-              <argLine>-Djgit.test.long=true</argLine>
+              <argLine>@{argLine} -Djgit.test.long=true</argLine>
             </configuration>
           </plugin>
         </plugins>
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
         <configuration>
-          <argLine>-Xmx1024m -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -Djava.io.tmpdir=${project.build.directory}</argLine>
+          <argLine>@{argLine} -Xmx1024m -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -Djava.io.tmpdir=${project.build.directory}</argLine>
           <includes>
             <include>**/*Test.java</include>
             <include>**/*Tests.java</include>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c3b92b7aa..cf875f146 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@
     <!-- Properties to enable jacoco code coverage analysis -->
     <sonar.core.codeCoveragePlugin>jacoco</sonar.core.codeCoveragePlugin>
     <sonar.dynamicAnalysis>reuseReports</sonar.dynamicAnalysis>
-    <sonar.jacoco.reportPath>../target/jacoco.exec</sonar.jacoco.reportPath>
+    <sonar.jacoco.reportPath>${project.build.directory}/jacoco.exec</sonar.jacoco.reportPath>
   </properties>
 
   <repositories>
@@ -297,6 +297,7 @@
           <configuration>
             <forkCount>${test-fork-count}</forkCount>
             <reuseForks>true</reuseForks>
+            <argLine>@{argLine}</argLine>
           </configuration>
         </plugin>
 
@@ -498,6 +499,7 @@
         <artifactId>jacoco-maven-plugin</artifactId>
         <executions>
           <execution>
+            <id>default-prepare-agent</id>
             <goals>
               <goal>prepare-agent</goal>
             </goals>
@@ -512,6 +514,38 @@
               <append>true</append>
             </configuration>
           </execution>
+          <execution>
+            <id>default-report</id>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>report</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+          <execution>
+            <id>default-check</id>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>check</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+            <haltOnFailure>false</haltOnFailure>
+            <rules>
+              <rule>
+                <element>BUNDLE</element>
+                  <limits>
+                    <limit>
+                      <counter>INSTRUCTION</counter>
+                      <value>COVEREDRATIO</value>
+                      <minimum>50%</minimum>
+                    </limit>
+                    <limit>
+                      <counter>CLASS</counter>
+                      <value>MISSEDCOUNT</value>
+                      <maximum>10</maximum>
+                    </limit>
+                  </limits>
+                </rule>
+              </rules>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
         </executions>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
@@ -589,6 +623,24 @@
           </reportSet>
         </reportSets>
       </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.jacoco</groupId>
+        <artifactId>jacoco-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <reportSets>
+          <reportSet>
+            <reports>
+              <report>report</report>
+            </reports>
+          </reportSet>
+          <reportSet>
+            <id>aggregate</id>
+            <inherited>false</inherited>
+            <reports>
+              <report>report-aggregate</report>
+            </reports>
+          </reportSet>
+        </reportSets>
+      </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </reporting>
 
@@ -938,6 +990,8 @@
     <module>org.eclipse.jgit.lfs.test</module>
     <module>org.eclipse.jgit.lfs.server.test</module>
     <module>org.eclipse.jgit.ssh.apache.test</module>
+
+    <module>org.eclipse.jgit.coverage</module>
   </modules>
 
 </project>