diff --git a/MOxUnit/moxunit_runtests.m b/MOxUnit/moxunit_runtests.m
index 29c4fb8..90c2fda 100644
--- a/MOxUnit/moxunit_runtests.m
+++ b/MOxUnit/moxunit_runtests.m
@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@ function write_junit_xml(fn, test_report)
     params.junit_xml=[];
     params.add_recursive=false;
     params.cover=[];
+    params.cover_exclude={};
     params.cover_xml_file=[];
     params.junit_xml_file=[];
     params.cover_json_file=[];
@@ -264,6 +265,14 @@ function write_junit_xml(fn, test_report)
                 k=k+1;
                 params.cover_method=varargin{k};
 
+             case '-cover_exclude'
+                if k==n
+                    error('moxunit:missingParameter',...
+                           'Missing parameter after option ''%s''',arg);
+                end
+                k=k+1;
+                params.cover_exclude(end+1)=varargin(k);
+
             case '-recursive'
                 params.add_recursive=true;