diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 217e200..a959d31 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -7,6 +7,18 @@
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([subdir-objects -Wall -Werror foreign dist-xz])
 AM_SILENT_RULES([yes])
 
+# Make sure the default CFLAGS of `-O2 -g` don't override CODE_COVERAGE_CFLAGS
+# It is important that this comes before AC_PROG_C{C,XX}, as we are attempting
+# to stop them from populating default CFLAGS and CXXFLAGS.
+AS_IF([test "x$enable_code_coverage" != "xno"], [
+    AS_IF([test "x${CXXFLAGS+set}" != "xset"], [
+        AC_SUBST(CXXFLAGS, [""])
+    ])
+    AS_IF([test "x${CFLAGS+set}" != "xset"], [
+        AC_SUBST(CFLAGS, [""])
+    ])
+])
+
 # Checks for programs.
 AC_PROG_CXX
 AC_PROG_CC
@@ -115,6 +127,10 @@
     AX_RESTORE_FLAGS_WITH_PREFIX(OLD, [LDFLAGS])
 ])
 
+# Code coverage
+AX_CODE_COVERAGE
+AM_EXTRA_RECURSIVE_TARGETS([check-code-coverage])
+
 AC_ARG_ENABLE([oe-sdk],
     AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-oe-sdk], [Link testcases absolutely against OE SDK so they can be ran within it.])
 )