diff --git a/src/Codeception/Coverage/Filter.php b/src/Codeception/Coverage/Filter.php
index c1c2d2067f..922ebcf355 100644
--- a/src/Codeception/Coverage/Filter.php
+++ b/src/Codeception/Coverage/Filter.php
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 use Codeception\Configuration;
 use Codeception\Exception\ConfigurationException;
 use Codeception\Exception\ModuleException;
+use Symfony\Component\Finder\Exception\DirectoryNotFoundException;
 use Symfony\Component\Finder\Finder;
 
 class Filter
@@ -91,12 +92,16 @@ public function whiteList($config)
                 throw new ConfigurationException('Error parsing yaml. Config `whitelist: exclude:` should be an array');
             }
             foreach ($coverage['whitelist']['exclude'] as $fileOrDir) {
-                $finder = strpos($fileOrDir, '*') === false
-                    ? [Configuration::projectDir() . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . $fileOrDir]
-                    : $this->matchWildcardPattern($fileOrDir);
+                try {
+                    $finder = strpos($fileOrDir, '*') === false
+                        ? [Configuration::projectDir() . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . $fileOrDir]
+                        : $this->matchWildcardPattern($fileOrDir);
 
-                foreach ($finder as $file) {
-                    $filter->removeFileFromWhitelist($file);
+                    foreach ($finder as $file) {
+                        $filter->removeFileFromWhitelist($file);
+                    }
+                } catch (DirectoryNotFoundException $e) {
+                    continue;
                 }
             }
         }