diff --git a/.coveragerc b/.coveragerc
index 6977ffa21d6a..8aff2b6744ca 100644
--- a/.coveragerc
+++ b/.coveragerc
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ omit =
     # Packages in the "google.cloud" package that we don't own.
     */google/cloud/gapic/*
     */google/cloud/grpc/*
+    */google/cloud/proto/*
 show_missing = True
 exclude_lines =
     # Re-enable the standard pragma