diff --git a/build/org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.gnu.ui/plugin.properties b/build/org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.gnu.ui/plugin.properties
index d9688353747..af48e631568 100644
--- a/build/org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.gnu.ui/plugin.properties
+++ b/build/org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.gnu.ui/plugin.properties
@@ -160,6 +160,8 @@ Option.Posix.Verbose=Verbose (-v)
 Option.OtherFlags=Other flags
 Option.Posix.Ansi=Support ANSI programs (-ansi)
 Option.PIC=Position Independent Code (-fPIC)
+Option.codecov=Generate gcov information (-ftest-coverage -fprofile-arcs)
+Option.codecovTip="Check this flag if you want to enable Profile Code Coverage in your application. Remember to enable this option in both the Compiler-> Miscellaneous and Linker -> General. Then rebuild your project and run Code Coverage again."
 
 Option.Posix.Linker.NoStartFiles=Do not use standard start files (-nostartfiles)
 Option.Posix.Linker.NoDefLibs=Do not use default libraries (-nodefaultlibs)
diff --git a/build/org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.gnu.ui/plugin.xml b/build/org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.gnu.ui/plugin.xml
index e26d5b78c04..784e67955d3 100644
--- a/build/org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.gnu.ui/plugin.xml
+++ b/build/org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.gnu.ui/plugin.xml
@@ -220,6 +220,14 @@
                name="%Option.Posix.Debug.gprof"
                valueType="boolean">
          </option>
+         <option
+			  applicabilityCalculator="org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.gnu.ui.GcovAppCalculator"
+			  command="-ftest-coverage -fprofile-arcs"
+			  defaultValue="false"
+			  id="gnu.c.link.option.debugging.codecov"
+			  name="%Option.codecov"
+			  valueType="boolean">
+		  </option>
       </tool>
       <tool
             natureFilter="ccnature"
@@ -421,6 +429,14 @@
                name="%Option.Posix.Debug.gprof"
                valueType="boolean">
          </option>
+         <option
+			  applicabilityCalculator="org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.gnu.ui.GcovAppCalculator"
+			  command="-ftest-coverage -fprofile-arcs"
+			  defaultValue="false"
+			  id="gnu.cpp.link.option.debugging.codecov"
+			  name="%Option.codecov"
+			  valueType="boolean">
+		  </option>
       </tool>
       <tool
             natureFilter="both"
@@ -1197,6 +1213,15 @@
 			  id="gnu.c.compiler.option.debugging.gprof"
 			  valueType="boolean">
 		  </option>
+		  <option
+			  category="gnu.c.compiler.category.debug"
+			  command="-ftest-coverage -fprofile-arcs"
+			  defaultValue="false"
+			  id="gnu.c.compiler.option.debugging.codecov"
+			  name="%Option.codecov"
+			  tip="%Option.codecovTip"
+			  valueType="boolean">
+		  </option>
 		  <optionCategory
 			  owner="cdt.managedbuild.tool.gnu.c.compiler"
 			  name="%OptionCategory.Warn"
@@ -1566,6 +1591,15 @@
 			  id="gnu.cpp.compiler.option.debugging.gprof"
 			  valueType="boolean">
 		  </option>
+		  <option
+			  defaultValue="false"
+			  name="%Option.codecov"
+			  category="gnu.cpp.compiler.category.debug"
+			  command="-ftest-coverage -fprofile-arcs"
+			  id="gnu.cpp.compiler.option.debugging.codecov"
+			  tip="%Option.codecovTip"
+			  valueType="boolean">
+		  </option>
 		  <optionCategory
 			  owner="cdt.managedbuild.tool.gnu.cpp.compiler"
 			  name="%OptionCategory.Warn"
diff --git a/build/org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.gnu.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/managedbuilder/gnu/ui/GcovAppCalculator.java b/build/org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.gnu.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/managedbuilder/gnu/ui/GcovAppCalculator.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0b29b528999
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.gnu.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/managedbuilder/gnu/ui/GcovAppCalculator.java
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+/*******************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 Red Hat, Inc.
+ *
+ *   *Based on implementation of GprofAppCalculator*
+ *
+ * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
+ * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
+ * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
+ * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
+ *
+ * Contributors:
+ *    lufimtse :  Leo Ufimtsev lufimtse@redhat.com
+ *******************************************************************************/
+
+package org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.gnu.ui;
+
+public class GcovAppCalculator extends ProfAppCalculator {
+	@Override
+	protected String getOptionIdPattern() {
+		return ".compiler.option.debugging.codecov"; //$NON-NLS-1$
+	}
+}