diff --git a/skywalking-api/pom.xml b/skywalking-api/pom.xml
index 931809f92..8091ce333 100644
--- a/skywalking-api/pom.xml
+++ b/skywalking-api/pom.xml
@@ -124,6 +124,23 @@
 					</execution>
 				</executions>
 			</plugin>
+			<!-- plugin for coveralls.io -->
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.eluder.coveralls</groupId>
+				<artifactId>coveralls-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>4.1.0</version>
+			</plugin>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+				<artifactId>cobertura-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>2.7</version>
+				<configuration>
+					<format>xml</format>
+					<maxmem>256m</maxmem>
+					<!-- aggregated reports for multi-module projects -->
+					<aggregate>true</aggregate>
+				</configuration>
+			</plugin>
 		</plugins>
 	</build>
 </project>