diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2282b20..0c61920 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 *.bak
 /.idea
+/coverage_clover.xml
 /phive.xml
 /tools
 composer.lock
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3576e8f..35fecc8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -161,6 +161,18 @@ $csv->output('movies.csv', $data_array, $header, ',');
 
 For more complex examples, see the ``tests`` and `examples` directories.
 
+## Test coverage
+
+All tests are located in the `tests` directory. To execute tests, run the following commands:
+
+````bash
+composer install
+composer run test
+````
+
+When pushing code to GitHub, tests will be executed using Travis CI. The relevant configuration is in the
+file `.travis.yml`.
+
 ## Credits
 
 * ParseCsv is based on the concept of [Ming Hong Ng][ming]'s [CsvFileParser][]
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 8a34e64..cbbaca0 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -45,6 +45,11 @@
             "dev-master": "1.0.x-dev"
         }
     },
+    "scripts": {
+        "test": [
+            "vendor/bin/phpunit -c tests tests --disallow-test-output --coverage-clover coverage_clover.xml --whitelist src"
+        ]
+    },
     "support": {
         "issues": "https://github.com/parsecsv/parsecsv-for-php/issues",
         "source": "https://github.com/parsecsv/parsecsv-for-php"