diff --git a/tasks.py b/tasks.py
index 37052e2014..a90be7b598 100644
--- a/tasks.py
+++ b/tasks.py
@@ -869,7 +869,9 @@ def test(
 
     if coverage:
         # Run tests within coverage environment, and generate report
-        c.run(f'coverage run {managePyPath()} {cmd}')
+        c.run(
+            f'cd {managePyDir()} && coverage run {managePyPath()} {cmd} && cp {managePyDir().joinpath(".coverage")} {localDir()}'
+        )
         c.run('coverage xml -i')
     else:
         # Run simple test runner, without coverage