diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 35425aa0e..594942113 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -60,3 +60,7 @@ set (CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE debug)
 set (CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG   "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG}   -ggdb3 -Wall")
 set (CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE} -O3 -Wall")
 
+SET(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE gcov)
+SET(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_GCOV "--coverage")
+SET(CMAKE_C_FLAGS_GCOV "--coverage")
+SET(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS_GCOV "--coverage")
diff --git a/src/columns/CMakeLists.txt b/src/columns/CMakeLists.txt
index a6405e08d..0127f0ef6 100644
--- a/src/columns/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/columns/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -35,3 +35,9 @@ add_library (columns STATIC ${columns_SRCS})
 set (CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE debug)
 set (CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG   "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG}   -ggdb3 -Wall")
 set (CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE} -O3 -Wall")
+
+
+SET(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE gcov)
+SET(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_GCOV "--coverage")
+SET(CMAKE_C_FLAGS_GCOV "--coverage")
+SET(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS_GCOV "--coverage")
diff --git a/src/commands/CMakeLists.txt b/src/commands/CMakeLists.txt
index 53d219402..76eb41c70 100644
--- a/src/commands/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/commands/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -57,3 +57,8 @@ add_library (commands STATIC ${commands_SRCS})
 set (CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE debug)
 set (CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG   "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG}   -ggdb3 -Wall")
 set (CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE} -O3 -Wall")
+
+SET(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE gcov)
+SET(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_GCOV "--coverage")
+SET(CMAKE_C_FLAGS_GCOV "--coverage")
+SET(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS_GCOV "--coverage")
diff --git a/test/CMakeLists.txt b/test/CMakeLists.txt
index 383b10826..14c94da9c 100644
--- a/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -20,3 +20,8 @@ foreach (src_FILE ${test_SRCS})
   add_executable (${src_FILE} "${src_FILE}.cpp" test.cpp)
   target_link_libraries (${src_FILE} task commands task columns ${TASK_LIBRARIES})
 endforeach (src_FILE)
+
+SET(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE gcov)
+SET(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_GCOV "--coverage")
+SET(CMAKE_C_FLAGS_GCOV "--coverage")
+SET(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS_GCOV "--coverage")