diff --git a/cmake/set_default_flags.cmake b/cmake/set_default_flags.cmake
index a6a48fe64f265976c52108d36fd798e4f4be6d84..5723e64d1dbb5c34fcc60ac89b774a2746e180ee 100644
--- a/cmake/set_default_flags.cmake
+++ b/cmake/set_default_flags.cmake
@@ -23,17 +23,25 @@
 
 include(cmake/enable_latest_cxx_support.cmake)
 
+option(BUILD_COVERAGE_ON_DEBUG "Generate coverage information when compiling in debug mode" ON)
+
+if (BUILD_COVERAGE_ON_DEBUG)
+    set(CTK_COVERAGE_FLAGS "--coverage")
+else()
+    set(CTK_COVERAGE_FLAGS "")
+endif()
+
 set(CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES "Debug;Release;RelWithDebInfo;asan;tsan")
 set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} ${${PROJECT_NAME}_CXX_FLAGS} -Wall -Wextra -Wshadow -pedantic -Wuninitialized")
 set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE} -O3")
 set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO} -O3 -g")
-set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG} -g -O0 --coverage")
+set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG} -g -O0 ${CTK_COVERAGE_FLAGS}")
 set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_TSAN "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -g -O1 -fsanitize=thread")
 set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_ASAN "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -g -O0 -fsanitize=address -fsanitize=undefined -fsanitize=leak")
 
 set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} ${${PROJECT_NAME}_C_FLAGS} -Wall -Wextra -Wshadow -pedantic -Wuninitialized")
 set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELEASE "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELEASE} -O3")
 set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO} -O3 -g")
-set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS_DEBUG "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS_DEBUG} -g -O0 --coverage")
+set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS_DEBUG "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS_DEBUG} -g -O0 ${CTK_COVERAGE_FLAGS}")
 set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS_TSAN "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -g -O1 -fsanitize=thread")
 set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS_ASAN "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -g -O0 -fsanitize=address -fsanitize=undefined -fsanitize=leak")