diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-code.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-code.yml
index 14d11848..25b2f957 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-code.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-code.yml
@@ -113,10 +113,13 @@ jobs:
             make -j$(nproc)
             make check || true
             make check-functional-parallel || true
-            lcov --capture --directory . --output-file /coverage/coverage.info --ignore-errors inconsistent
+            lcov --capture --directory . --output-file /coverage/coverage.info \
+              --rc lcov_branch_coverage=1 \
+              --ignore-errors inconsistent
             lcov --remove /coverage/coverage.info \
               "/usr/include/*" "*/tests/*" \
               --output-file /coverage/coverage.info \
+              --rc lcov_branch_coverage=1 \
               --ignore-errors inconsistent,empty,unused
           '
       - name: Upload coverage to Codecov
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6e24b69c..59b5eab2 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -107,3 +107,4 @@ breaks
 *.tar.*
 *.zip
 *.log*
+coverage/