diff --git a/UNITTESTS/stubs/hal/CMakeLists.txt b/UNITTESTS/stubs/hal/CMakeLists.txt
index 5f011143fa..a327d31efc 100644
--- a/UNITTESTS/stubs/hal/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/UNITTESTS/stubs/hal/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -17,9 +17,13 @@ target_sources(mbed-stubs-hal
         watchdog_api_stub.c
 )
 
+target_link_options(mbed-stubs-hal
+    PRIVATE
+        --coverage
+)
+
 target_link_libraries(mbed-stubs-hal
     PRIVATE
         mbed-headers
         mbed-stubs-headers
-        gcov
 )
diff --git a/UNITTESTS/stubs/platform/CMakeLists.txt b/UNITTESTS/stubs/platform/CMakeLists.txt
index a1d1bd1bf8..051bc67877 100644
--- a/UNITTESTS/stubs/platform/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/UNITTESTS/stubs/platform/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -18,9 +18,13 @@ target_sources(mbed-stubs-platform
         randLIB_stub.cpp
 )
 
+target_link_options(mbed-stubs-platform
+    PRIVATE
+        --coverage
+)
+
 target_link_libraries(mbed-stubs-platform
     PRIVATE
         mbed-headers
         mbed-stubs-headers
-        gcov
 )