diff --git a/tests/test_misc_console_coverage.py b/tests/test_misc_console_coverage.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7829d38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_misc_console_coverage.py
@@ -0,0 +1,333 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+'''
+wexpect LICENSE
+
+    This license is approved by the OSI and FSF as GPL-compatible.
+        http://opensource.org/licenses/isc-license.txt
+
+    Copyright (c) 2012, Noah Spurrier <noah@noah.org>
+    PERMISSION TO USE, COPY, MODIFY, AND/OR DISTRIBUTE THIS SOFTWARE FOR ANY
+    PURPOSE WITH OR WITHOUT FEE IS HEREBY GRANTED, PROVIDED THAT THE ABOVE
+    COPYRIGHT NOTICE AND THIS PERMISSION NOTICE APPEAR IN ALL COPIES.
+    THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES
+    WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
+    MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR
+    ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES
+    WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN
+    ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF
+    OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
+
+'''
+import unittest
+import sys
+import re
+import os
+import time
+
+import wexpect
+from tests import PexpectTestCase
+
+# the program cat(1) may display ^D\x08\x08 when \x04 (EOF, Ctrl-D) is sent
+_CAT_EOF = '^D\x08\x08'
+
+def _u(s):
+    return s
+
+PYBIN = '"{}"'.format(sys.executable)
+
+class TestCaseMisc(PexpectTestCase.PexpectTestCase):
+
+    @unittest.skipIf(hasattr(wexpect, 'legacy_wexpect'), "legacy unsupported")
+    def test_isatty(self):
+        " Test isatty() is True after spawning process on most platforms. "
+        child = wexpect.spawn('cat', coverage_console_reader=True)
+        if not child.isatty() and sys.platform.lower().startswith('sunos'):
+            if hasattr(unittest, 'SkipTest'):
+                raise unittest.SkipTest("Not supported on this platform.")
+            return 'skip'
+        assert child.isatty()
+
+    @unittest.skipIf(hasattr(wexpect, 'legacy_wexpect'), "legacy unsupported")
+    def test_read(self):
+        " Test spawn.read by calls of various size. "
+        child = wexpect.spawn('cat', coverage_console_reader=True)
+        child.sendline("abc")
+        child.sendeof()
+        child.readline()
+        self.assertEqual(child.read(0), '')
+        self.assertEqual(child.read(1), 'a')
+        self.assertEqual(child.read(1), 'b')
+        self.assertEqual(child.read(1), 'c')
+        self.assertEqual(child.read(2), '\r\n')
+
+    @unittest.skipIf(hasattr(wexpect, 'legacy_wexpect'), "legacy unsupported")
+    def test_readline_bin_echo(self):
+        " Test spawn('echo'). "
+        # given,
+        child = wexpect.spawn('echo', ['alpha', 'beta'], coverage_console_reader=True)
+
+        # exercise,
+        self.assertEqual(child.readline(), 'alpha beta\r\n')
+
+    @unittest.skipIf(hasattr(wexpect, 'legacy_wexpect'), "legacy unsupported")
+    def test_readline(self):
+        " Test spawn.readline(). "
+        # when argument 0 is sent, nothing is returned.
+        # Otherwise the argument value is meaningless.
+        child = wexpect.spawn('cat', coverage_console_reader=True)
+        child.sendline("alpha")
+        child.sendline("beta")
+        child.sendline("gamma")
+        child.sendline("delta")
+        child.sendeof()
+        self.assertEqual(child.readline(0), '')
+        child.readline().rstrip()
+        self.assertEqual(child.readline().rstrip(), 'alpha')
+        child.readline().rstrip()
+        self.assertEqual(child.readline(1).rstrip(), 'beta')
+        child.readline().rstrip()
+        self.assertEqual(child.readline(2).rstrip(), 'gamma')
+        child.readline().rstrip()
+        self.assertEqual(child.readline().rstrip(), 'delta')
+        child.expect(wexpect.EOF)
+        if type(child).__name__ in ['SpawnPipe', 'SpawnSocket']:
+            time.sleep(child.delayafterterminate)
+            assert not child.isalive(trust_console=False)
+        else:
+            assert not child.isalive()
+        self.assertEqual(child.exitstatus, 0)
+
+    @unittest.skipIf(hasattr(wexpect, 'legacy_wexpect'), "legacy unsupported")
+    def test_iter(self):
+        " iterating over lines of spawn.__iter__(). "
+        child = wexpect.spawn('echo "abc\r\n123"', coverage_console_reader=True)
+        # Don't use ''.join() because we want to test __iter__().
+        page = ''
+        for line in child:
+            page += line
+        page = page.replace(_CAT_EOF, '')
+        self.assertEqual(page, 'abc\r\n123\r\n')
+
+    @unittest.skipIf(hasattr(wexpect, 'legacy_wexpect'), "legacy unsupported")
+    def test_readlines(self):
+        " reading all lines of spawn.readlines(). "
+        child = wexpect.spawn('cat', echo=False, coverage_console_reader=True)
+        child.sendline("abc")
+        child.sendline("123")
+        child.sendeof()
+        page = ''.join(child.readlines()).replace(_CAT_EOF, '')
+        self.assertEqual(page, '\r\nabc\r\n\r\n123\r\n')
+        child.expect(wexpect.EOF)
+        if type(child).__name__ in ['SpawnPipe', 'SpawnSocket']:
+            time.sleep(child.delayafterterminate)
+            assert not child.isalive(trust_console=False)
+        else:
+            assert not child.isalive()
+        self.assertEqual(child.exitstatus, 0)
+
+    @unittest.skipIf(hasattr(wexpect, 'legacy_wexpect'), "legacy unsupported")
+    def test_write(self):
+        " write a character and return it in return. "
+        child = wexpect.spawn('cat', coverage_console_reader=True)
+        child.write('a')
+        child.write('\r')
+        child.readline()
+        self.assertEqual(child.readline(), 'a\r\n')
+
+    @unittest.skipIf(hasattr(wexpect, 'legacy_wexpect'), "legacy unsupported")
+    def test_writelines(self):
+        " spawn.writelines() "
+        child = wexpect.spawn('cat', coverage_console_reader=True)
+        # notice that much like file.writelines, we do not delimit by newline
+        # -- it is equivalent to calling write(''.join([args,]))
+        child.writelines(['abc', '123', 'xyz', '\r'])
+        child.sendeof()
+        child.readline()
+        line = child.readline()
+        self.assertEqual(line, 'abc123xyz\r\n')
+
+    @unittest.skipIf(hasattr(wexpect, 'legacy_wexpect'), "legacy unsupported")
+    def test_eof(self):
+        " call to expect() after EOF is received raises wexpect.EOF "
+        child = wexpect.spawn('cat', coverage_console_reader=True)
+        child.sendeof()
+        with self.assertRaises(wexpect.EOF):
+            child.expect('the unexpected')
+
+    @unittest.skipIf(hasattr(wexpect, 'legacy_wexpect'), "legacy unsupported")
+    def test_with(self):
+        "spawn can be used as a context manager"
+        with wexpect.spawn(PYBIN + ' echo_w_prompt.py', coverage_console_reader=True) as p:
+            p.expect('<in >')
+            p.sendline('alpha')
+            p.expect('<out>alpha')
+            assert p.isalive()
+
+        assert not p.isalive()
+
+    @unittest.skipIf(hasattr(wexpect, 'legacy_wexpect'), "legacy unsupported")
+    def test_terminate(self):
+        " test force terminate always succeeds (SIGKILL). "
+        child = wexpect.spawn('cat', coverage_console_reader=True)
+        child.terminate(force=1)
+        assert child.terminated
+
+    @unittest.skipIf(hasattr(wexpect, 'legacy_wexpect'), "legacy unsupported")
+    def test_bad_arguments_suggest_fdpsawn(self):
+        " assert custom exception for spawn(int). "
+        expect_errmsg = "maybe you want to use fdpexpect.fdspawn"
+        with self.assertRaisesRegex(wexpect.ExceptionPexpect,
+                                     ".*" + expect_errmsg):
+            wexpect.spawn(1, coverage_console_reader=True)
+
+    @unittest.skipIf(hasattr(wexpect, 'legacy_wexpect'), "legacy unsupported")
+    def test_bad_arguments_second_arg_is_list(self):
+        " Second argument to spawn, if used, must be only a list."
+        with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
+            wexpect.spawn('ls', '-la', coverage_console_reader=True)
+
+        with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
+            # not even a tuple,
+            wexpect.spawn('ls', ('-la',), coverage_console_reader=True)
+
+    @unittest.skipIf(hasattr(wexpect, 'legacy_wexpect'), "legacy unsupported")
+    def test_read_after_close_raises_value_error(self):
+        " Calling read_nonblocking after close raises ValueError. "
+        # as read_nonblocking underlies all other calls to read,
+        # ValueError should be thrown for all forms of read.
+        with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
+            p = wexpect.spawn('cat', coverage_console_reader=True)
+            p.close()
+            p.read_nonblocking()
+
+        with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
+            p = wexpect.spawn('cat', coverage_console_reader=True)
+            p.close()
+            p.read()
+
+        with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
+            p = wexpect.spawn('cat', coverage_console_reader=True)
+            p.close()
+            p.readline()
+
+        with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
+            p = wexpect.spawn('cat', coverage_console_reader=True)
+            p.close()
+            p.readlines()
+
+    @unittest.skipIf(hasattr(wexpect, 'legacy_wexpect'), "legacy unsupported")
+    def test_isalive(self):
+        " check isalive() before and after EOF. (True, False) "
+        child = wexpect.spawn('cat', coverage_console_reader=True)
+        self.assertTrue(child.isalive())
+        child.sendeof()
+        child.expect(wexpect.EOF)
+        assert child.isalive() is False
+        self.assertFalse(child.isalive())
+
+    @unittest.skipIf(hasattr(wexpect, 'legacy_wexpect'), "legacy unsupported")
+    def test_bad_type_in_expect(self):
+        " expect() does not accept dictionary arguments. "
+        child = wexpect.spawn('cat', coverage_console_reader=True)
+        with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
+            child.expect({})
+
+    @unittest.skipIf(hasattr(wexpect, 'legacy_wexpect'), "legacy unsupported")
+    def test_cwd(self):
+        " check keyword argument `cwd=' of wexpect.run() "
+        try:
+            os.mkdir('cwd_tmp')
+        except:
+            pass
+        tmp_dir = os.path.realpath('cwd_tmp')
+        child = wexpect.spawn('cmd', coverage_console_reader=True)
+        child.expect('>')
+        child.sendline('cd')
+        child.expect('>')
+        default = child.before.splitlines()[1]
+        child.terminate()
+        child = wexpect.spawn('cmd', cwd=tmp_dir, coverage_console_reader=True)
+        child.expect('>')
+        child.sendline('cd')
+        child.expect('>')
+        pwd_tmp = child.before.splitlines()[1]
+        child.terminate()
+        self.assertNotEqual(default, pwd_tmp)
+        self.assertEqual(tmp_dir, _u(pwd_tmp))
+
+    def _test_searcher_as(self, searcher, plus=None):
+        # given,
+        given_words = ['alpha', 'beta', 'gamma', 'delta', ]
+        given_search = given_words
+        if searcher == wexpect.searcher_re:
+            given_search = [re.compile(word) for word in given_words]
+        if plus is not None:
+            given_search = given_search + [plus]
+        search_string = searcher(given_search)
+        basic_fmt = '\n    {0}: {1}'
+        fmt = basic_fmt
+        if searcher is wexpect.searcher_re:
+            fmt = '\n    {0}: re.compile({1})'
+        expected_output = '{0}:'.format(searcher.__name__)
+        idx = 0
+        for word in given_words:
+            expected_output += fmt.format(idx, '"{0}"'.format(word))
+            idx += 1
+        if plus is not None:
+            if plus == wexpect.EOF:
+                expected_output += basic_fmt.format(idx, 'EOF')
+            elif plus == wexpect.TIMEOUT:
+                expected_output += basic_fmt.format(idx, 'TIMEOUT')
+
+        # exercise,
+        self.assertEqual(search_string.__str__(), expected_output)
+
+    @unittest.skipIf(hasattr(wexpect, 'legacy_wexpect'), "legacy unsupported")
+    def test_searcher_as_string(self):
+        " check searcher_string(..).__str__() "
+        self._test_searcher_as(wexpect.searcher_string)
+
+    @unittest.skipIf(hasattr(wexpect, 'legacy_wexpect'), "legacy unsupported")
+    def test_searcher_as_string_with_EOF(self):
+        " check searcher_string(..).__str__() that includes EOF "
+        self._test_searcher_as(wexpect.searcher_string, plus=wexpect.EOF)
+
+    @unittest.skipIf(hasattr(wexpect, 'legacy_wexpect'), "legacy unsupported")
+    def test_searcher_as_string_with_TIMEOUT(self):
+        " check searcher_string(..).__str__() that includes TIMEOUT "
+        self._test_searcher_as(wexpect.searcher_string, plus=wexpect.TIMEOUT)
+
+    @unittest.skipIf(hasattr(wexpect, 'legacy_wexpect'), "legacy unsupported")
+    def test_searcher_re_as_string(self):
+        " check searcher_re(..).__str__() "
+        self._test_searcher_as(wexpect.searcher_re)
+
+    @unittest.skipIf(hasattr(wexpect, 'legacy_wexpect'), "legacy unsupported")
+    def test_searcher_re_as_string_with_EOF(self):
+        " check searcher_re(..).__str__() that includes EOF "
+        self._test_searcher_as(wexpect.searcher_re, plus=wexpect.EOF)
+
+    @unittest.skipIf(hasattr(wexpect, 'legacy_wexpect'), "legacy unsupported")
+    def test_searcher_re_as_string_with_TIMEOUT(self):
+        " check searcher_re(..).__str__() that includes TIMEOUT "
+        self._test_searcher_as(wexpect.searcher_re, plus=wexpect.TIMEOUT)
+
+    @unittest.skipIf(hasattr(wexpect, 'legacy_wexpect'), "legacy unsupported")
+    def test_exception_tb(self):
+        " test get_trace() filters away wexpect/__init__.py calls. "
+        p = wexpect.spawn('sleep 1', coverage_console_reader=True)
+        try:
+            p.expect('BLAH')
+        except wexpect.ExceptionPexpect as e:
+            # get_trace should filter out frames in wexpect's own code
+            tb = e.get_trace()
+            # exercise,
+            assert 'raise ' not in tb
+            assert 'wexpect/__init__.py' not in tb
+        else:
+            assert False, "Should have raised an exception."
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    unittest.main()
+
+suite = unittest.makeSuite(TestCaseMisc,'test')
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index fcc58b1..0b27125 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -21,7 +21,10 @@ commands =
     pip install .[test]
 
     # Run the test itself
-    coverage run -m unittest
+    coverage run --parallel-mode -m unittest
+
+    # Combine the parallel results
+    coverage combine
 
     # Dump coverage summary to console
     coverage report --omit=tests/*,site-packages/*
@@ -74,4 +77,4 @@ commands =
     
     # run test:
     dist\pyinstaller_test\pyinstaller_test.exe
-    
\ No newline at end of file
+    
diff --git a/wexpect/host.py b/wexpect/host.py
index e21c899..4c82253 100644
--- a/wexpect/host.py
+++ b/wexpect/host.py
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ def run(command, timeout=-1, withexitstatus=False, events=None, extra_args=None,
 class SpawnBase:
     def __init__(self, command, args=[], timeout=30, maxread=60000, searchwindowsize=None,
                  logfile=None, cwd=None, env=None, codepage=None, echo=True, safe_exit=True,
-                 interact=False, **kwargs):
+                 interact=False, coverage_console_reader=False, **kwargs):
         """This starts the given command in a child process. This does all the
         fork/exec type of stuff for a pty. This is called by __init__. If args
         is empty then command will be parsed (split on spaces) and args will be
@@ -250,6 +250,7 @@ class SpawnBase:
         self.cwd = cwd
         self.env = env
         self.echo = echo
+        self.coverage_console_reader = coverage_console_reader
         self.maxread = maxread      # max bytes to read at one time into buffer
         # delaybeforesend: Sets sleep time used just before sending data to child. Time in seconds.
         self.delaybeforesend = 0.1
@@ -410,6 +411,9 @@ class SpawnBase:
             pyargs = ['-m']
             python_executable = sys.executable
 
+            if self.coverage_console_reader:
+                pyargs = ['-m', 'coverage', 'run', '--parallel-mode', '-m']
+
             # add current location to PYTHONPATH environment variable to be able to start the child.
             python_path = environ.get('PYTHONPATH', '')
             spath = ';'.join(spath)
@@ -897,7 +901,7 @@ class SpawnPipe(SpawnBase):
         super().__init__(
             command=command, args=args, timeout=timeout, maxread=maxread,
             searchwindowsize=searchwindowsize, cwd=cwd, env=env, codepage=codepage, echo=echo,
-            interact=interact)
+            interact=interact, **kwargs)
 
         # Sets delay in terminate() method to allow kernel time to update process status. Time in
         # seconds.
@@ -1017,7 +1021,7 @@ class SpawnSocket(SpawnBase):
 
     def __init__(self, command, args=[], timeout=30, maxread=60000, searchwindowsize=None,
                  logfile=None, cwd=None, env=None, codepage=None, echo=True, port=4321,
-                 host='127.0.0.1', interact=False):
+                 host='127.0.0.1', interact=False, **kwargs):
         self.port = port
         self.host = host
         self.sock = None
@@ -1027,7 +1031,7 @@ class SpawnSocket(SpawnBase):
         super().__init__(
             command=command, args=args, timeout=timeout, maxread=maxread,
             searchwindowsize=searchwindowsize, cwd=cwd, env=env, codepage=codepage, echo=echo,
-            interact=interact)
+            interact=interact, **kwargs)
 
         # Sets delay in terminate() method to allow kernel time to update process status. Time in
         # seconds.