diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 5f1fd4c09..74a8fe539 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ endif()
 
 #Project level options
 option(BUILD_INSTALLER "Build installer" ON)
+option(ENABLE_COVERAGE "Enable test coverage" OFF)
 if(UNIX)
   if(APPLE)
     option(BUILD_OSX_BUNDLE "Build mac os bundle" ON)
@@ -198,6 +199,16 @@ message(STATUS "Qt version: ${Qt6_VERSION}")
 include(cmake/Libraries.cmake)
 configure_libs()
 
+if(ENABLE_COVERAGE)
+  message(STATUS "Enabling code coverage")
+  include(cmake/CodeCoverage.cmake)
+  append_coverage_compiler_flags()
+  # Apparently solves the bug in gcov where it returns negative counts and confuses gcovr.
+  # > Got negative hit value in gcov line 'branch  2 taken -1' caused by a bug in gcov tool
+  # Bug report: https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=68080
+  set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -fprofile-update=atomic")
+endif()
+
 if(BUILD_OSX_BUNDLE AND APPLE_CODESIGN_DEV)
   include(cmake/MacCodesign.cmake)
 endif()
diff --git a/cmake/Libraries.cmake b/cmake/Libraries.cmake
index 22dc02b65..c813df9d6 100644
--- a/cmake/Libraries.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Libraries.cmake
@@ -32,28 +32,6 @@ macro(configure_libs)
   if(HAVE_FORMAT)
     add_definitions(-DHAVE_FORMAT)
   endif()
-
-  option(ENABLE_COVERAGE "Enable test coverage" OFF)
-  if(ENABLE_COVERAGE)
-    message(STATUS "Enabling code coverage")
-    include(cmake/CodeCoverage.cmake)
-    append_coverage_compiler_flags()
-    set(test_exclude subprojects/* build/* src/unittests/*)
-    set(test_src ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/src)
-
-    # Apparently solves the bug in gcov where it returns negative counts and confuses gcovr.
-    # > Got negative hit value in gcov line 'branch  2 taken -1' caused by a bug in gcov tool
-    # Bug report: https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=68080
-    set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -fprofile-update=atomic")
-
-    setup_target_for_coverage_gcovr_xml(
-      NAME coverage-legacytests
-      EXECUTABLE legacytests
-      BASE_DIRECTORY ${test_src}
-      EXCLUDE ${test_exclude}
-    )
-  endif()
-
 endmacro()
 
 #
@@ -80,7 +58,6 @@ macro(configure_unix_libs)
     message(FATAL_ERROR "Missing header: sys/socket.h")
   endif()
 
-
   check_include_files(unistd.h HAVE_UNISTD_H)
   if (NOT HAVE_UNISTD_H)
     message(FATAL_ERROR "Missing unistd.h")
diff --git a/src/unittests/legacytests/legacytests/CMakeLists.txt b/src/unittests/legacytests/legacytests/CMakeLists.txt
index a9132fe8a..966943c08 100644
--- a/src/unittests/legacytests/legacytests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/unittests/legacytests/legacytests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,3 +7,15 @@ set(CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/bin)
 set(target legacytests)
 add_executable(${target} ${sources} ${headers})
 target_link_libraries(${target} ${test_libs} common)
+
+if(ENABLE_COVERAGE)
+  set(test_exclude subprojects/* build/* src/unittests/*)
+  set(test_src ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/src)
+  setup_target_for_coverage_gcovr_xml(
+    NAME coverage-${target}
+    EXECUTABLE ${target}
+    BASE_DIRECTORY ${test_src}
+    EXCLUDE ${test_exclude}
+  )
+endif()
+