diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 8462b4c9..dd32d97b 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ override_dh_auto_configure: debian/lldb-$(LLVM_VERSION).install debian/lldb-$(LL
 	# Configure coverity (we need the compilers)
 	-(if test $(COVERITY_ENABLE) -eq 1; then \
 		export PATH=$$PATH:/opt/cov-analysis/bin/; \
-		cov-configure --compiler clang --comptype gcc; \
+		cov-configure --compiler clang --comptype clang; \
 		cov-configure --compiler gcc-4.8 --comptype gcc; \
 		cov-configure --compiler g++-4.8 --comptype gcc; \
 	fi)