diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 55ecbcb..d2e8716 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -34,4 +34,16 @@ script:
   - ./libfort_example
   - ./libfort_test
 
+ # Build for coveralls
+  - if [ ${GCC_BUILD} == 'ON' ];
+    then
+    cd ..  ;
+    rm -r build/* ;
+    cd build ;
+    cmake .. -DFORT_COVERALLS_BUILD=ON -DFORT_TEST_BUILD=ON -DFORT_GCC_BUILD=${GCC_BUILD} ;
+    cmake --build . --target all ;
+    ls ;
+    ./libfort_test ;
+    fi
+  - cd ..
 
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 5ddeeb8..fbc2713 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ option(FORT_TEST_BUILD "Test build with sanitizers and small library stack size"
 option(FORT_GCC_BUILD "Build with gcc" ON)
 option(FORT_MSVC_BUILD "Build with msvc" OFF)
 option(FORT_CXX_BUILD "Compile with c++ compiler instead of c" OFF)
+option(FORT_COVERALLS_BUILD "Build for coveralls" OFF)
 
 set(CMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE ON)
 
@@ -74,3 +75,7 @@ if(FORT_TEST_BUILD AND NOT FORT_MSVC_BUILD)
     endif(FORT_GCC_BUILD)
 endif(FORT_TEST_BUILD AND NOT FORT_MSVC_BUILD)
 
+
+if(FORT_COVERALLS_BUILD) #for coveralls
+    set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -g -fprofile-arcs -ftest-coverage")
+endif(FORT_COVERALLS_BUILD)