diff --git a/parent/pom.xml b/parent/pom.xml
index 847503ed..c4b610a8 100644
--- a/parent/pom.xml
+++ b/parent/pom.xml
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@
 		<project.root>${basedir}</project.root>
 		<source.level>1.6</source.level>
 		<dist.id>${project.artifactId}</dist.id>
+		<jacoco.destfile>${project.build.directory}/jacoco.exec</jacoco.destfile>
 
 		<apt>1.1.3</apt>
 		<aspectj>1.8.6</aspectj>
@@ -93,6 +94,7 @@
 		<guava>18.0</guava>
 		<hamcrest>1.3</hamcrest>
 		<jackson>2.6.1</jackson>
+		<jacoco>0.7.5.201505241946</jacoco>
 		<jodatime>2.8.2</jodatime>
 		<junit>4.12</junit>
 		<logback>1.1.3</logback>
@@ -139,6 +141,34 @@
 
 		</profile>
 
+		<profile>
+
+			<!-- Profile for SonarCube -->
+
+			<id>sonarcube</id>
+
+			<build>
+				<plugins>
+					<plugin>
+						<groupId>org.jacoco</groupId>
+						<artifactId>jacoco-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+						<version>${jacoco}</version>
+						<configuration>
+							<destFile>${jacoco.destfile}</destFile>
+						</configuration>
+						<executions>
+							<execution>
+								<id>jacoco-initialize</id>
+								<goals>
+									<goal>prepare-agent</goal>
+								</goals>
+							</execution>
+						</executions>
+					</plugin>
+				</plugins>
+			</build>
+		</profile>
+
 		<profile>
 
 			<!--