diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index c2001b3c..dd98722e 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -6,3 +6,6 @@ valgrind:
 	(cd test; $(MAKE) valgrind)
 
 AM_DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS = --disable-test-run
+
+gcov:
+	(cd test; $(MAKE) gcov)
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 195862a7..1d6b7203 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -262,6 +262,26 @@ AM_CONDITIONAL(BUILD_DOCS, [test "x$build_documentation" = "xyes"])
 AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_LIBUNWIND, [test "x$HAVE_LIBUNWIND" = xyes])
 AM_CONDITIONAL(BUILD_EVENTGUI, [test "x$build_eventgui" = "xyes"])
 
+#######################
+# enable/disable gcov #
+#######################
+
+AC_ARG_ENABLE([gcov],
+              [AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-gcov],
+                              [Enable to enable coverage testing (default:disabled)])],
+	      [enable_gcov="$enableval"],
+              [enable_gcov=no])
+if test "x$enable_gcov" != "xno"; then
+       GCOV_CFLAGS="-fprofile-arcs -ftest-coverage"
+       GCOV_LDFLAGS="-fprofile-arcs -ftest-coverage"
+       enable_gcov=yes
+fi
+
+AM_CONDITIONAL([GCOV_ENABLED], [test "x$enable_gcov" != "xno"])
+AC_SUBST([GCOV_CFLAGS])
+AC_SUBST([GCOV_LDFLAGS])
+
+
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile
 		 doc/Makefile
 		 doc/libinput.doxygen
@@ -288,4 +308,5 @@ AC_MSG_RESULT([
 	Tests use valgrind	${VALGRIND}
 	Tests use libunwind	${HAVE_LIBUNWIND}
 	Build GUI event tool	${build_eventgui}
+	Enable gcov profiling	${enable_gcov}
 	])
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index a2bc94c3..a7ce4720 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -39,13 +39,17 @@ libinput_la_LIBADD = $(MTDEV_LIBS) \
 		     $(LIBEVDEV_LIBS) \
 		     $(LIBWACOM_LIBS) \
 		     libinput-util.la
+libinput_la_LDFLAGS = $(GCOV_LDFLAGS) \
+		      -version-info $(LIBINPUT_LT_VERSION) -shared \
+		      -Wl,--version-script=$(srcdir)/libinput.sym
 
 libinput_la_CFLAGS = -I$(top_srcdir)/include \
 		     $(MTDEV_CFLAGS)	\
 		     $(LIBUDEV_CFLAGS)	\
 		     $(LIBEVDEV_CFLAGS)	\
 		     $(LIBWACOM_CFLAGS) \
-		     $(GCC_CFLAGS)
+		     $(GCC_CFLAGS) \
+		     $(GCOV_CFLAGS)
 EXTRA_libinput_la_DEPENDENCIES = $(srcdir)/libinput.sym
 
 libinput_util_la_SOURCES = \
@@ -53,9 +57,11 @@ libinput_util_la_SOURCES = \
 	libinput-util.h
 
 libinput_util_la_LIBADD =
+libinput_util_la_LDFLAGS = $(GCOV_LDFLAGS)
 libinput_util_la_CFLAGS = -I$(top_srcdir)/include \
 			  $(LIBUDEV_CFLAGS) \
-			  $(GCC_CFLAGS)
+			  $(GCC_CFLAGS) \
+			  $(GCOV_CFLAGS)
 
 libfilter_la_SOURCES = \
 	filter.c \
@@ -64,9 +70,6 @@ libfilter_la_SOURCES = \
 libfilter_la_LIBADD =
 libfilter_la_CFLAGS =
 
-libinput_la_LDFLAGS = -version-info $(LIBINPUT_LT_VERSION) -shared \
-		      -Wl,--version-script=$(srcdir)/libinput.sym
-
 pkgconfigdir = $(libdir)/pkgconfig
 pkgconfig_DATA = libinput.pc
 
diff --git a/test/Makefile.am b/test/Makefile.am
index ba05729e..5980dba0 100644
--- a/test/Makefile.am
+++ b/test/Makefile.am
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ AM_CPPFLAGS = -I$(top_srcdir)/include \
               $(LIBUDEV_CFLAGS) \
               -I$(top_builddir)/src # for libinput-version.h
 
-AM_CFLAGS = $(GCC_CFLAGS)
+AM_CFLAGS = $(GCC_CFLAGS) $(GCOV_CFLAGS)
 AM_CXXFLAGS = $(GCC_CXXFLAGS)
 
 TEST_LIBS = liblitest.la $(CHECK_LIBS) $(LIBUDEV_LIBS) $(LIBEVDEV_LIBS) $(top_builddir)/src/libinput.la
@@ -163,3 +163,14 @@ DISTCLEANFILES=test-suite-valgrind.log
 endif
 endif
 EXTRA_DIST=valgrind.suppressions
+
+if GCOV_ENABLED
+
+CLEANFILES = gcov-reports/*.gcov gcov-reports/summary.txt *.gcno *.gcda
+
+gcov: generate-gcov-report.sh check-TESTS
+	$(AM_V_GEN)$(srcdir)/generate-gcov-report.sh gcov-reports $(top_builddir)/src $(builddir)
+else
+gcov:
+	@echo "Run ./configure --enable-gcov to produce gcov reports" && false
+endif
diff --git a/test/generate-gcov-report.sh b/test/generate-gcov-report.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..2d913710
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/generate-gcov-report.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+#!/bin/bash -e
+
+if [[ $# -lt 2 ]]; then
+    echo "Usage: ./generate-gcov-report.sh <rel-target-dir> <srcdir> [<srcdir> ... ]"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+target_dir=$1
+shift
+source_dirs=$*
+
+if [[ "${target_dir:0:1}" != '/' ]]; then
+    target_dir="$PWD/$target_dir"
+fi
+summary_file="$target_dir/summary.txt"
+
+mkdir -p "$target_dir"
+rm -f "$target_dir"/*.gcov
+
+for dir in $source_dirs; do
+	pushd "$dir" > /dev/null
+	for file in *.c; do
+		find ./ -name "*${file/\.c/.gcda}" \
+			\!  -path "*selftest*" \
+			-exec gcov {} \; > /dev/null
+	done
+	find ./ -name "*.gcov" \
+		\! -path "*/`basename "$target_dir"`/*" \
+		-exec mv {} "$target_dir" \;
+	popd > /dev/null
+done
+
+echo "========== coverage report ========" > "$summary_file"
+for file in "$target_dir"/*.gcov; do
+	total=`grep -v " -:" "$file" | wc -l`
+	missing=`grep "#####" "$file" | wc -l`
+	hit=$((total - missing));
+	percent=$((($hit * 100)/$total))
+	fname=`basename "$file"`
+	printf "%-50s total lines: %4s not tested: %4s (%3s%%)\n" "$fname" "$total" "$missing" "$percent">> "$summary_file"
+done
+echo "========== =============== ========" >> "$summary_file"