diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 0d561aba..f3240513 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -123,6 +123,15 @@ ifneq (,$(filter $(DEB_HOST_ARCH),$(BINUTILS_GOLD_ARCHS)))
 endif
 endif
 
+ifneq (,$(filter codecoverage,$(DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS)))
+# enable the code coverage
+	CODECOVERAGE=yes
+# for -fvisibility-inlines-hidden see http://lists.cs.uiuc.edu/pipermail/llvm-commits/Week-of-Mon-20130729/183016.html
+	CXXFLAGS_EXTRA += -fprofile-arcs -ftest-coverage
+	LDFLAGS_EXTRA += -coverage -lgcov
+	RUN_TEST=yes
+endif
+
 # Enable for bootstrap
 LDFLAGS_EXTRA  += -fPIC -Wno-unused-command-line-argument -Wno-unknown-warning-option -fno-addrsig
 CXXFLAGS_EXTRA += -fPIC -Wno-unused-command-line-argument -Wno-unknown-warning-option -fno-addrsig
@@ -145,15 +154,6 @@ ifneq (,$(filter nocheck,$(DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS)))
 	RUN_TEST=no
 endif
 
-ifneq (,$(filter codecoverage,$(DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS)))
-# enable the code coverage
-	CODECOVERAGE=yes
-# for -fvisibility-inlines-hidden see http://lists.cs.uiuc.edu/pipermail/llvm-commits/Week-of-Mon-20130729/183016.html
-	CXXFLAGS_EXTRA += -fprofile-arcs -ftest-coverage
-	LDFLAGS_EXTRA += -coverage -lgcov
-	RUN_TEST=yes
-endif
-
 ifneq (,$(filter scan-build,$(DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS)))
 # enable the build using scan-build
 # The package are installed through the variable declarations: