diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 72ccaddaceb4f5..2feb59154e4562 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ node_g
 icu_config.gypi
 .eslintcache
 node_trace.*.log
+coverage/
 
 /out
 
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 4b40837b81f2e9..60be0a29bb8e80 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ coverage-clean:
 	$(RM) -r node_modules
 	$(RM) -r gcovr testing
 	$(RM) -r out/$(BUILDTYPE)/.coverage
-	$(RM) -r .cov_tmp coverage
+	$(RM) -r .cov_tmp
 	$(RM) out/$(BUILDTYPE)/obj.target/node/{src,gen}/*.gcda
 	$(RM) out/$(BUILDTYPE)/obj.target/node/src/tracing/*.gcda
 	$(RM) out/$(BUILDTYPE)/obj.target/node/{src,gen}/*.gcno