diff --git a/src/pkg/testing/cover.go b/src/pkg/testing/cover.go
index dd29364..eb7249d 100644
--- a/src/pkg/testing/cover.go
+++ b/src/pkg/testing/cover.go
@@ -34,6 +34,29 @@
 	CoveredPackages string
 }
 
+// Coverage reports the current code coverage as a fraction in the range [0, 1].
+// If coverage is not enabled, Coverage returns 0.
+//
+// When running a large set of sequential test cases, checking Coverage after each one
+// can be useful for identifying which test cases exercise new code paths.
+// It is not a replacement for the reports generated by 'go test -cover' and
+// 'go tool cover'.
+func Coverage() float64 {
+	var n, d int64
+	for _, counters := range cover.Counters {
+		for _, c := range counters {
+			if c > 0 {
+				n++
+			}
+			d++
+		}
+	}
+	if d == 0 {
+		return 0
+	}
+	return float64(n) / float64(d)
+}
+
 // RegisterCover records the coverage data accumulators for the tests.
 // NOTE: This function is internal to the testing infrastructure and may change.
 // It is not covered (yet) by the Go 1 compatibility guidelines.