diff --git a/Help/release/dev/ctest-coverage-extra.rst b/Help/release/dev/ctest-coverage-extra.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..85d023b3b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Help/release/dev/ctest-coverage-extra.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+ctest-coverage-extra
+--------------------
+
+* The :command:`ctest_coverage` command learned to read variable
+  ``CTEST_COVERAGE_EXTRA_FLAGS`` to set ``CoverageExtraFlags``.
diff --git a/Source/CTest/cmCTestCoverageCommand.cxx b/Source/CTest/cmCTestCoverageCommand.cxx
index 72ff720d3..41f016bb9 100644
--- a/Source/CTest/cmCTestCoverageCommand.cxx
+++ b/Source/CTest/cmCTestCoverageCommand.cxx
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ cmCTestGenericHandler* cmCTestCoverageCommand::InitializeHandler()
 {
   this->CTest->SetCTestConfigurationFromCMakeVariable(this->Makefile,
     "CoverageCommand", "CTEST_COVERAGE_COMMAND");
-
+  this->CTest->SetCTestConfigurationFromCMakeVariable(this->Makefile,
+    "CoverageExtraFlags", "CTEST_COVERAGE_EXTRA_FLAGS");
   cmCTestCoverageHandler* handler = static_cast<cmCTestCoverageHandler*>(
     this->CTest->GetInitializedHandler("coverage"));
   if ( !handler )