diff --git a/cpp/CMakeLists.txt b/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
index 029c8cd3..26325069 100644
--- a/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ endif()
 # Bring the populated content into the build
 add_subdirectory(${googletest_SOURCE_DIR} ${googletest_BINARY_DIR})
 
+# uncomment this line to enable coverage measurements using gcov
+# set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "--coverage")
+
 enable_testing()
 add_subdirectory(src)
 add_subdirectory(lib)