diff --git a/apps/openmw_test_suite/CMakeLists.txt b/apps/openmw_test_suite/CMakeLists.txt
index 675da933d..eb3492ed5 100644
--- a/apps/openmw_test_suite/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/apps/openmw_test_suite/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -26,4 +26,9 @@ if (GTEST_FOUND AND GMOCK_FOUND)
     if (UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
         target_link_libraries(openmw_test_suite ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT})
     endif()
+
+    if (BUILD_WITH_CODE_COVERAGE)
+        add_definitions(--coverage)
+        target_link_libraries(openmw_test_suite gcov)
+    endif()
 endif()
diff --git a/components/CMakeLists.txt b/components/CMakeLists.txt
index e2e6b97bb..a94119099 100644
--- a/components/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/components/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -242,6 +242,11 @@ if (UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
 target_link_libraries(components ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT})
 endif()
 
+if (BUILD_WITH_CODE_COVERAGE)
+    add_definitions(--coverage)
+    target_link_libraries(components gcov)
+endif()
+
 
 # Make the variable accessible for other subdirectories
 set(COMPONENT_FILES ${COMPONENT_FILES} PARENT_SCOPE)