diff --git a/projects/hip-tests/.gitignore b/projects/hip-tests/.gitignore
index 4a76ca2cf4..029ed76f3a 100644
--- a/projects/hip-tests/.gitignore
+++ b/projects/hip-tests/.gitignore
@@ -14,3 +14,9 @@ samples/0_Intro/module_api/vcpy_kernel.co
 samples/0_Intro/module_api/vcpy_kernel.code
 samples/1_Utils/hipInfo/hipInfo
 samples/1_Utils/hipDispatchLatency/hipDispatchLatency
+
+utils/coverage/generateHipAPICoverage
+utils/coverage/CoverageReport.xml
+utils/coverage/coverageReportHTML/CoverageReport.html
+utils/coverage/coverageReportHTML/testAPIs
+utils/coverage/coverageReportHTML/testModules
diff --git a/projects/hip-tests/catch/CMakeLists.txt b/projects/hip-tests/catch/CMakeLists.txt
index 7766df816c..0f852cc91b 100644
--- a/projects/hip-tests/catch/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/projects/hip-tests/catch/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -303,6 +303,12 @@ add_subdirectory(perftests ${CATCH_BUILD_DIR}/perftests)
 add_subdirectory(multiproc ${CATCH_BUILD_DIR}/multiproc)
 add_subdirectory(performance ${CATCH_BUILD_DIR}/performance)
 
+add_custom_target(gen_coverage
+                  COMMAND ${CMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM} default_target
+                  COMMAND ./generateHipAPICoverage ${HIP_PATH}/include
+                  WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/../utils/coverage
+                  COMMENT "Generating Test Coverage Report")
+
 cmake_policy(POP)
 
 # packaging the tests
diff --git a/projects/hip-tests/utils/coverage/Makefile b/projects/hip-tests/utils/coverage/Makefile
index f81c71037d..8c04063b67 100644
--- a/projects/hip-tests/utils/coverage/Makefile
+++ b/projects/hip-tests/utils/coverage/Makefile
@@ -26,8 +26,10 @@ OBJ=generateHipAPICoverage
 default_target: all
 .PHONY : default_target
 
-all: ${SRC}
-	${CC} ${CPPFLAGS} $^ -o ${OBJ}
+all: ${OBJ}
+
+${OBJ}: ${SRC}
+	@${CC} ${CPPFLAGS} $^ -o ${OBJ}
 
 clean:
 	rm -f ${OBJ}