diff --git a/arch/sim/src/Makefile b/arch/sim/src/Makefile
index 0ad0520173..a58013f8b3 100644
--- a/arch/sim/src/Makefile
+++ b/arch/sim/src/Makefile
@@ -110,6 +110,10 @@ ifeq ($(CONFIG_LIBM_TOOLCHAIN),y)
   STDLIBS += -lm
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_ARCH_COVERAGE),y)
+  STDLIBS += -lgcov
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_STACK_COLORATION),y)
   CSRCS += sim_checkstack.c
 endif
diff --git a/arch/sim/src/sim/CMakeLists.txt b/arch/sim/src/sim/CMakeLists.txt
index 0babbd8e9d..84d6fd6760 100644
--- a/arch/sim/src/sim/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/arch/sim/src/sim/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ set(HOSTSRCS)
 set(HOST_INCLUDE_DIRS)
 set(STDLIBS pthread)
 
+if(CONFIG_ARCH_COVERAGE)
+  list(APPEND STDLIBS gcov)
+endif()
+
 list(APPEND HOST_DEFINITIONS -D__SIM__)
 
 # common guest sources