diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 648ba09f70..6efea3cfc6 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -4630,9 +4630,6 @@ echo "QEMU_LDFLAGS=$QEMU_LDFLAGS" >> $config_host_mak
 echo "LD_I386_EMULATION=$ld_i386_emulation" >> $config_host_mak
 echo "EXESUF=$EXESUF" >> $config_host_mak
 echo "LIBS_QGA=$libs_qga" >> $config_host_mak
-if test "$gcov" = "yes" ; then
-  echo "CONFIG_GCOV=y" >> $config_host_mak
-fi
 
 if test "$rng_none" = "yes"; then
   echo "CONFIG_RNG_NONE=y" >> $config_host_mak
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 5c3823d143..ff19d54fc6 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1402,6 +1402,7 @@ config_host_data.set('CONFIG_ATTR', libattr.found())
 config_host_data.set('CONFIG_BRLAPI', brlapi.found())
 config_host_data.set('CONFIG_COCOA', cocoa.found())
 config_host_data.set('CONFIG_FUZZ', get_option('fuzzing'))
+config_host_data.set('CONFIG_GCOV', get_option('b_coverage'))
 config_host_data.set('CONFIG_LIBUDEV', libudev.found())
 config_host_data.set('CONFIG_LZO', lzo.found())
 config_host_data.set('CONFIG_MPATH', mpathpersist.found())