diff --git a/Modules/CTest.cmake b/Modules/CTest.cmake
index c261eb385..ec9dbeb79 100644
--- a/Modules/CTest.cmake
+++ b/Modules/CTest.cmake
@@ -189,6 +189,8 @@ IF(BUILD_TESTING)
   FIND_PROGRAM(COVERAGE_COMMAND gcov DOC 
     "Path to the coverage program that CTest uses for performing coverage inspection"
     )
+  SET(COVERAGE_EXTRA_FLAGS "-l" CACHE STRING
+    "Extra command line flags to pass to the coverage tool")
 
   # set the site name
   SITE_NAME(SITE)
@@ -257,6 +259,7 @@ IF(BUILD_TESTING)
     BZRCOMMAND
     BZR_UPDATE_OPTIONS
     COVERAGE_COMMAND
+    COVERAGE_EXTRA_FLAGS
     CTEST_SUBMIT_RETRY_DELAY
     CTEST_SUBMIT_RETRY_COUNT
     CVSCOMMAND
diff --git a/Modules/DartConfiguration.tcl.in b/Modules/DartConfiguration.tcl.in
index caf0afe23..ad7f80517 100644
--- a/Modules/DartConfiguration.tcl.in
+++ b/Modules/DartConfiguration.tcl.in
@@ -59,14 +59,17 @@ UpdateType: @UPDATE_TYPE@
 # Compiler info
 Compiler: @CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER@
 
-# Dynamic analysis and coverage
+# Dynamic analysis (MemCheck)
 PurifyCommand: @PURIFYCOMMAND@
 ValgrindCommand: @VALGRIND_COMMAND@
 ValgrindCommandOptions: @VALGRIND_COMMAND_OPTIONS@
 MemoryCheckCommand: @MEMORYCHECK_COMMAND@
 MemoryCheckCommandOptions: @MEMORYCHECK_COMMAND_OPTIONS@
 MemoryCheckSuppressionFile: @MEMORYCHECK_SUPPRESSIONS_FILE@
+
+# Coverage
 CoverageCommand: @COVERAGE_COMMAND@
+CoverageExtraFlags: @COVERAGE_EXTRA_FLAGS@
 
 # Cluster commands
 SlurmBatchCommand: @SLURM_SBATCH_COMMAND@
diff --git a/Source/CTest/cmCTestCoverageHandler.cxx b/Source/CTest/cmCTestCoverageHandler.cxx
index 005651f84..0b1c9fef8 100644
--- a/Source/CTest/cmCTestCoverageHandler.cxx
+++ b/Source/CTest/cmCTestCoverageHandler.cxx
@@ -751,12 +751,15 @@ int cmCTestCoverageHandler::HandlePHPCoverage(
     }
   return static_cast<int>(cont->TotalCoverage.size());
 }
+
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------
 int cmCTestCoverageHandler::HandleGCovCoverage(
   cmCTestCoverageHandlerContainer* cont)
 {
   std::string gcovCommand
     = this->CTest->GetCTestConfiguration("CoverageCommand");
+  std::string gcovExtraFlags
+    = this->CTest->GetCTestConfiguration("CoverageExtraFlags");
 
   // Style 1
   std::string st1gcovOutputRex1
@@ -825,8 +828,10 @@ int cmCTestCoverageHandler::HandleGCovCoverage(
     // Call gcov to get coverage data for this *.gcda file:
     //
     std::string fileDir = cmSystemTools::GetFilenamePath(it->c_str());
-    std::string command = "\"" + gcovCommand + "\" -l -p -o \"" + fileDir
-      + "\" \"" + *it + "\"";
+    std::string command = "\"" + gcovCommand + "\" " +
+      gcovExtraFlags + " " +
+      "-o \"" + fileDir + "\" " +
+      "\"" + *it + "\"";
 
     cmCTestLog(this->CTest, HANDLER_VERBOSE_OUTPUT, command.c_str()
       << std::endl);