diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 2ffa4b7..1d7aabf 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -32,21 +32,11 @@
     set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE debug)
 endif()
 
-set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS         "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -Wall -Wextra -Wno-missing-field-initializers -std=c99")
-set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELEASE "-O2 -DNDEBUG")
-set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS_PACKAGE "-g -O2 -DNDEBUG")
-set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS_DEBUG   "-g -O0")
-
 # options
 if((CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL debug) OR (CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL Package))
     option(ENABLE_BUILD_TESTS "Build tests" ON)
     option(ENABLE_VALGRIND_TESTS "Build tests with valgrind" ON)
-
-    if(CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCC)
-        option(ENABLE_COVERAGE "Build code coverage report from tests" ON)
-    else()
-        option(ENABLE_COVERAGE "Build code coverage report from tests" OFF)
-    endif()
+    option(ENABLE_COVERAGE "Build code coverage report from tests" OFF)
 else()
     option(ENABLE_BUILD_TESTS "Build tests" OFF)
     option(ENABLE_VALGRIND_TESTS "Build tests with valgrind" OFF)
@@ -80,6 +70,39 @@
     set(COMPILER_PACKED_ATTR "")
 endif()
 
+if(ENABLE_COVERAGE)
+    find_program(PATH_GCOV NAMES gcov)
+    if(NOT PATH_GCOV)
+        message(WARNING "'gcov' executable not found! Disabling building code coverage report.")
+        set(ENABLE_COVERAGE OFF)
+    endif()
+
+    find_program(PATH_LCOV NAMES lcov)
+    if(NOT PATH_GCOV)
+        message(WARNING "'lcov' executable not found! Disabling building code coverage report.")
+        set(ENABLE_COVERAGE OFF)
+    endif()
+
+    find_program(PATH_GENHTML NAMES genhtml)
+    if(NOT PATH_GCOV)
+        message(WARNING "'genhtml' executable not found! Disabling building code coverage report.")
+        set(ENABLE_COVERAGE OFF)
+    endif()
+
+    if(NOT CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCC)
+        message(WARNING "Compiler is not gcc! Coverage may break the tests!")
+    endif()
+
+    if(ENABLE_COVERAGE)
+        set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS_COVERAGE "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} --coverage -fprofile-arcs -ftest-coverage")
+    endif()
+endif()
+
+set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS         "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} ${CMAKE_C_FLAGS_COVERAGE} -Wall -Wextra -Wno-missing-field-initializers -std=c99")
+set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELEASE "-O2 -DNDEBUG")
+set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS_PACKAGE "-g -O2 -DNDEBUG")
+set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS_DEBUG   "-g -O0")
+
 list(APPEND CMAKE_REQUIRED_DEFINITIONS -D_GNU_SOURCE)
 check_symbol_exists(get_current_dir_name unistd.h HAVE_GET_CURRENT_DIR_NAME)
 check_symbol_exists(vdprintf stdio.h HAVE_VDPRINTF)