diff --git a/testLinuxSingleCase.sh b/testLinuxSingleCase.sh
index ee68dbc178..d0fa64e96f 100755
--- a/testLinuxSingleCase.sh
+++ b/testLinuxSingleCase.sh
@@ -16,6 +16,14 @@ HZ_BIT_VERSION=$1
 HZ_LIB_TYPE=$2
 HZ_BUILD_TYPE=$3
 
+if [ "$4" == "WITH_COVERAGE" ]; then
+    if [ ${HZ_BUILD_TYPE} != Debug ]; then
+            echo "WITH_COVERAGE is requested. The build type should be Debug but it is provided as ${HZ_BUILD_TYPE}."
+            exit 1
+    fi
+    HZ_COVERAGE_STRING="-DHZ_CODE_COVERAGE=ON"
+fi
+
 BUILD_DIR=build${HZ_LIB_TYPE}${HZ_BIT_VERSION}${HZ_BUILD_TYPE}
 
 EXECUTABLE_NAME=clientTest_${HZ_LIB_TYPE}_${HZ_BIT_VERSION}
@@ -26,12 +34,16 @@ echo HZ_BUILD_TYPE=${HZ_BUILD_TYPE}
 echo BUILD_DIR=${BUILD_DIR}
 echo EXECUTABLE_NAME=${EXECUTABLE_NAME}
 
+if [ "$4" == "WITH_COVERAGE" ]; then
+echo "Code coverage is ON. Cmake flag: ${HZ_COVERAGE_STRING}"
+fi
+
 rm -rf ${BUILD_DIR}
 mkdir ${BUILD_DIR}
 cd ${BUILD_DIR}
 
 echo "Running cmake to compose Makefiles for compilation."
-cmake .. -DHZ_LIB_TYPE=${HZ_LIB_TYPE} -DHZ_BIT=${HZ_BIT_VERSION} -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${HZ_BUILD_TYPE}
+cmake .. -DHZ_LIB_TYPE=${HZ_LIB_TYPE} -DHZ_BIT=${HZ_BIT_VERSION} -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${HZ_BUILD_TYPE} ${HZ_COVERAGE_STRING}
 
 echo "Running make. Building the project."
 make -j 8 -l 4  # run 8 jobs in parallel and a maximum load of 4