diff --git a/.coveragerc b/.coveragerc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ec4cbc4f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.coveragerc
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[run]
+relative_files = true
diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 3d8ee0db2..2843d6da7 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ Fixed
   Windows.
 - Split and join command lines using ``shlex`` from the Python standard library. This
   deals with quoting correctly.
+- Configure ``coverage`` to use relative paths in the Darker repository. This enables
+  use of ``cov_to_lint.py``
 
 
 1.6.1_ - 2022-12-28