diff --git a/travis/build.sh b/travis/build.sh
index 23f8f2d..64c6eb2 100755
--- a/travis/build.sh
+++ b/travis/build.sh
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ cmake "$REPO_ROOT" -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo
 
 make -j$(nproc)
 
-## Run Unit Tests
-ctest -V
+# run unit tests and generate coverage report
+make -j$(nproc) coverage_text
 
 # args are used more than once
 LINUXDEPLOY_ARGS=("--appdir" "AppDir" "-e" "bin/linuxdeploy" "-i" "$REPO_ROOT/resources/linuxdeploy.png" "--create-desktop-file" "-e" "/usr/bin/patchelf" "-e" "/usr/bin/strip")