diff --git a/test/common/config/pkgdep/git b/test/common/config/pkgdep/git
index 5086c0b52..68b459987 100644
--- a/test/common/config/pkgdep/git
+++ b/test/common/config/pkgdep/git
@@ -489,6 +489,14 @@ function install_ice() {
 	)
 }
 
+function install_lcov() {
+	local lcov_version=v1.15
+
+	rm -rf /usr/src/lcov
+	sudo git clone "$GIT_REPO_LCOV" --branch "$lcov_version" /usr/src/lcov
+	(cd /usr/src/lcov; sudo make install)
+}
+
 function install_sources() {
 	if [[ $ID == centos ]] && (( VERSION_ID == 7 )); then
 		# install proper version of the git first
@@ -514,6 +522,7 @@ function install_sources() {
 			install_qemu
 			install_igb_uio
 			install_ice
+			install_lcov
 		)
 		install_extra_pkgs
 	fi
@@ -576,6 +585,8 @@ export GIT_REPO_DPDK_KMODS
 export IRDMA_DRIVER
 : ${ICE_DRIVER="https://sourceforge.net/projects/e1000/files/ice stable/$ICE_VERSION/ice-$ICE_VERSION.tar.gz"}
 export ICE_DRIVER
+: ${GIT_REPO_LCOV=https://github.com/linux-test-project/lcov}
+export GIT_REPO_LCOV
 GIT_REPOS=${GIT_REPOS:-$HOME}
 
 gcc_version=$(gcc -dumpversion) gcc_version=${gcc_version%%.*}
diff --git a/test/common/config/vm_setup.sh b/test/common/config/vm_setup.sh
index 445c702ee..2d771c388 100755
--- a/test/common/config/vm_setup.sh
+++ b/test/common/config/vm_setup.sh
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ function usage() {
 	echo "  -h --help"
 	echo "  -u --upgrade Run $package_manager upgrade"
 	echo "  -i --install-deps Install $package_manager based dependencies"
-	echo "  -t --test-conf List of test configurations to enable (${CONF},irdma)"
+	echo "  -t --test-conf List of test configurations to enable (${CONF},irdma,lcov)"
 	echo "  -c --conf-path Path to configuration file"
 	echo "  -d --dir-git Path to where git sources should be saved"
 	echo "  -s --disable-tsocks Disable use of tsocks"