diff --git a/8.5-fpm/Dockerfile b/8.5-fpm/Dockerfile
index a1630fc..022b1bd 100644
--- a/8.5-fpm/Dockerfile
+++ b/8.5-fpm/Dockerfile
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ RUN apt update && apt dist-upgrade -y && \
         php8.5-mbstring \
         php8.5-memcached \
         php8.5-mysql \
+        php8.5-pcov \
         php8.5-pdo \
         php8.5-pgsql \
         php8.5-soap \
diff --git a/8.5/Dockerfile b/8.5/Dockerfile
index 55a6012..d0a848d 100644
--- a/8.5/Dockerfile
+++ b/8.5/Dockerfile
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ RUN apt update && apt dist-upgrade -y && \
         php8.5-mbstring \
         php8.5-memcached \
         php8.5-mysql \
+        php8.5-pcov \
         php8.5-pdo \
         php8.5-pgsql \
         php8.5-soap \
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a360d3d..f6c8e07 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ DOCKER_IMAGE=dockette/php
 DOCKER_PLATFORM?=linux/amd64
 VERSION?=8.5
 
-.PHONY: build test run test-cli-% test-fpm-%
+.PHONY: build test run test-cli-% test-fpm-% test-pcov-%
 
 build: build-${VERSION}
 
@@ -47,6 +47,13 @@ build-8.5-fpm: _build-8.5-fpm
 
 test-cli-%:
 	docker run --rm ${DOCKER_IMAGE}:$* sh -lc 'php -v && composer --version'
+	${MAKE} test-pcov-$*
 
 test-fpm-%:
 	docker run --rm ${DOCKER_IMAGE}:$*-fpm sh -lc 'php -v && composer --version && php-fpm$* -t'
+	${MAKE} test-pcov-$*-fpm
+
+# pcov requires PHP >= 7.1, older images are expected not to have it
+test-pcov-%:
+	docker run --rm ${DOCKER_IMAGE}:$* php -r 'exit(PHP_VERSION_ID < 70100 || extension_loaded("pcov") ? 0 : 1);' \
+		|| { echo "ERROR: pcov is not loaded in ${DOCKER_IMAGE}:$*" >&2; exit 1; }
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 16d16de..78a20b0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ These images have preinstalled a couple of PHP extensions. The table shows which
 | mcrypt | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
 | memcached | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
 | mysql | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
-| pcov | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ |
+| pcov | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
 | pdo | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
 | pgsql | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
 | redis | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |