diff --git a/build/kwayland/kf5-qt5.cfg b/build/kwayland/kf5-qt5.cfg
--- a/build/kwayland/kf5-qt5.cfg
+++ b/build/kwayland/kf5-qt5.cfg
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 [QualityCheck]
 runCppcheck=True
+gcovrExtraArgs=-e "autotests/.*"
 
diff --git a/build/kwin/project.cfg b/build/kwin/project.cfg
--- a/build/kwin/project.cfg
+++ b/build/kwin/project.cfg
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
 [DEFAULT]
 configureExtraArgs=-DKWIN_BUILD_COVERAGE=ON
+
+[QualityCheck]
+gcovrExtraArgs=-e "autotests/.*" -e "tabbox/autotests/.*" -e "libkwineffects/autotests/.*"