diff --git a/util/xcompile/xcompile b/util/xcompile/xcompile
index e5e8098159..e13996f6b1 100755
--- a/util/xcompile/xcompile
+++ b/util/xcompile/xcompile
@@ -285,6 +285,7 @@ cat <<EOF
 CPP_${TARCH}:=${GCCPREFIX}cpp
 AS_${TARCH}:=${GCCPREFIX}as ${ASFLAGS}
 LD_${TARCH}:=${GCCPREFIX}ld${LINKER_SUFFIX} ${LDFLAGS}
+GCOV_${TARCH}:=${GCCPREFIX}gcov
 EOF
 
 	if [ "${TARCH}" = "arm64" ] && \