diff --git a/tools/travis/backend b/tools/travis/backend
index 19a9da4d29..f815aac172 100755
--- a/tools/travis/backend
+++ b/tools/travis/backend
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ set -x
 source /srv/zulip-venv/bin/activate
 export PATH=$PATH:/srv/zulip-venv/bin
 ./tools/lint-all
-./tools/test-backend
+./tools/test-backend --coverage
 ./tools/test-management
 ./tools/test-migrations
 ./tools/test-run-dev