diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index ad78c58ed1..f4625665eb 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -318,10 +318,11 @@ if(CURL_CODE_COVERAGE)
     set(CURL_COVERAGE_CFLAGS "-O0" "-g" "-fprofile-arcs")
     if(CMAKE_C_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL 4.1)
       list(APPEND CURL_COVERAGE_CFLAGS "--coverage")
+      set(CURL_COVERAGE_LDFLAGS "--coverage")
     else()
       list(APPEND CURL_COVERAGE_CFLAGS "-ftest-coverage")
+      set(CURL_COVERAGE_LIBS "gcov")
     endif()
-    set(CURL_COVERAGE_LIBS "gcov")
   elseif(CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "Clang")
     set(CURL_COVERAGE_MACROS "NDEBUG")
     set(CURL_COVERAGE_CFLAGS "-O0" "-g" "-fprofile-instr-generate" "-fcoverage-mapping")