diff --git a/test/CMakeLists.txt b/test/CMakeLists.txt
index e452039..37c1bbe 100644
--- a/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -16,9 +16,10 @@ if(NOT DEFINED ENV{GHC_COVERAGE})
     ParseAndAddCatchTests(filesystem_test filesystem_test)
     AddExecutableWithStdFS(std_filesystem_test filesystem_test.cpp catch.hpp)
 else()
+    message("Generating test runner for coverage run...")
     add_executable(filesystem_test filesystem_test.cpp catch.hpp)
-    target_link_libraries(filesystem_test ghc_filesystem --coverage)
-    target_compile_options(filesystem_test PRIVATE "--coverage")
+    target_compile_options(filesystem_test PUBLIC --coverage)
+    target_link_libraries(filesystem_test PUBLIC ghc_filesystem --coverage)
 endif()
 
 add_executable(multifile_test multi1.cpp multi2.cpp catch.hpp)