diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 5840c1f526f7e489e55f22d2488ec549de218482..e7bf7000ad4bc43c06d2a4d4c04c43c8bca00662 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ script:
   - echo -en 'travis_fold:end:script.test-browser-unit\\r'
 
 after_success:
-  - make should_coveralls
+  - make should_coveralls COVERALLS_OPTIONS="--gcov /usr/bin/gcov-4.8"
 
 notifications:
   email:
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 58b01e2f21f846ea54b4b64d24e0948e3cd0f06a..9166bd48928d3e8166e7db79d67732b6b0eff176 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -115,9 +115,9 @@ should_gcovr: should_coverage
 ### Upload to coveralls.io
 
 unit_coveralls:
-	coveralls --exclude release --exclude algo/lib --exclude algo/tests --exclude algo/tools --exclude tests --exclude tools --exclude lib --gcov-options '\-lp'
+	coveralls $(COVERALLS_OPTIONS) --exclude release --exclude algo/lib --exclude algo/tests --exclude algo/tools --exclude tests --exclude tools --exclude lib --gcov-options '\-lp'
 should_coveralls:
-	coveralls --exclude release --exclude algo/lib --exclude algo/tests --exclude algo/tools --exclude tests --exclude tools --exclude lib --gcov-options '\-lp' -r algo
+	coveralls $(COVERALLS_OPTIONS) --exclude release --exclude algo/lib --exclude algo/tests --exclude algo/tools --exclude tests --exclude tools --exclude lib --gcov-options '\-lp' -r algo
 
 
 ### cppcheck