diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 48a7e04..704faa9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ a local dependency, please see [this section](https://github.com/sc-forks/solidi
 ### Network Configuration
 
 By default, this tool connects to a coverage-enabled fork of ganache-cli
-called **testrpc-sc** on port 8555. 
+called **testrpc-sc** on port 8555.
 + it's a dependency - there's nothing extra to download.
 + the solidity-coverage command launches it automatically in the background. (See [this section of the FAQ](https://github.com/sc-forks/solidity-coverage/blob/master/docs/faq.md#running-testrpc-sc-on-its-own) if you need to launch it separately yourself)
 
@@ -95,7 +95,8 @@ module.exports = {
 | skipFiles | *Array* | `['Migrations.sol']` | Array of contracts or folders (with paths expressed relative to the `contracts` directory) that should be skipped when doing instrumentation. `Migrations.sol` is skipped by default, and does not need to be added to this configuration option if it is used. |
 | deepSkip | boolean | false | Use this if instrumentation hangs on large, skipped files (like Oraclize). It's faster. |
 | dir | *String* | `.` | Solidity-coverage copies all the assets in your root directory (except `node_modules`) to a special folder where it instruments the contracts and executes the tests. `dir` allows you to define a relative path from the root directory to those assets. Useful if your contracts & tests are within their own folder as part of a larger project.|
-| buildDirPath | *String* | `/build/contracts` | Build directory path for compiled smart contracts
+| buildDirPath | *String* | `/build/contracts` | Build directory path for compiled smart contracts |
+| istanbulReporter | *Array* | ['html', 'lcov', 'text'] | Coverage reporters for Istanbul. Optional reporter replaces the default reporters. |
 
 ### FAQ
 
diff --git a/lib/app.js b/lib/app.js
index bcfbd02..af29aff 100644
--- a/lib/app.js
+++ b/lib/app.js
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ class App {
     this.gasLimit = 0xfffffffffff;
     this.gasLimitString = "0xfffffffffff";
     this.gasPrice = 0x01;
+
+    this.istanbulReporter = config.istanbulReporter || ['html', 'lcov', 'text'];
   }
 
   // --------------------------------------  Methods -----------------------------------------------
@@ -122,9 +124,8 @@ class App {
         this.saveCoverage(relativeMapping);
 
         collector.add(relativeMapping);
-        reporter.add('html');
-        reporter.add('lcov');
-        reporter.add('text');
+
+        this.istanbulReporter.forEach(report => reporter.add(report));
 
         reporter.write(collector, true, () => {
           this.log('Istanbul coverage reports generated');