diff --git a/scripts/component_server/server.js b/scripts/component_server/server.js
index 5423aac760..d2d15a8324 100644
--- a/scripts/component_server/server.js
+++ b/scripts/component_server/server.js
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ const defaultIstanbulSchema = require('@istanbuljs/schema');
 
 const {getTestRunnerConfigSetting} = require('../test/test_config_helpers.js');
 
+const match = require('minimatch');
+
 const serverPort = parseInt(process.env.PORT, 10) || 8090;
 const target = argv.target || process.env.TARGET || 'Default';
 
@@ -200,6 +202,8 @@ async function checkFileExists(filePath) {
 
 const EXCLUDED_COVERAGE_FOLDERS = new Set(['third_party', 'ui/components/docs', 'Images']);
 
+const USER_DEFINED_COVERAGE_FOLDERS = process.env['COVERAGE_FOLDERS'];
+
 /**
  * @param {string} filePath
  * @returns {boolean}
@@ -210,6 +214,10 @@ function isIncludedForCoverageComputation(filePath) {
       return false;
     }
   }
+  if (USER_DEFINED_COVERAGE_FOLDERS) {
+    const matchPattern = `/${USER_DEFINED_COVERAGE_FOLDERS}/**/*.{js,mjs}`;
+    return match(filePath, matchPattern);
+  }
 
   return true;
 }
diff --git a/scripts/test/merge_coverage_reports.js b/scripts/test/merge_coverage_reports.js
index 2199d5045f..b5b91eca10 100644
--- a/scripts/test/merge_coverage_reports.js
+++ b/scripts/test/merge_coverage_reports.js
@@ -17,3 +17,4 @@ const context = report.createContext({
   defaultSummarizer: 'nested',
 });
 reports.create('json-summary').execute(context);
+reports.create('text', {file: 'coverage.txt'}).execute(context);
diff --git a/test/.gitignore b/test/.gitignore
index c4c63d3b68..7961859043 100644
--- a/test/.gitignore
+++ b/test/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-coverage-summary.json
\ No newline at end of file
+coverage-summary.json
+coverage.txt
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/conductor/mocha_hooks.ts b/test/conductor/mocha_hooks.ts
index d6e23fa56d..bc8b70b387 100644
--- a/test/conductor/mocha_hooks.ts
+++ b/test/conductor/mocha_hooks.ts
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ export const mochaHooks = {
     });
     reports.create('html').execute(context);
     reports.create('json').execute(context);
+    reports.create('text', {file: 'coverage.txt'}).execute(context);
     reports.create('json-summary').execute(context);
   },
   // In both modes, run before each test.