diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 73cc225b1..ea2ac90ee 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         mkdir .cov
         sudo sysctl -w kernel.yama.ptrace_scope=0
-        PWNDBG_GITHUB_ACTIONS_TEST_RUN=1 ./tests.sh
+        PWNDBG_GITHUB_ACTIONS_TEST_RUN=1 ./tests.sh --cov
 
     - name: Process coverage data
       if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-22.04'
diff --git a/tests/gdb-tests/tests.sh b/tests/gdb-tests/tests.sh
index 25ca86af5..31ff68986 100755
--- a/tests/gdb-tests/tests.sh
+++ b/tests/gdb-tests/tests.sh
@@ -5,18 +5,20 @@ GDB_INIT_PATH="$ROOT_DIR/gdbinit.py"
 COVERAGERC_PATH="$ROOT_DIR/pyproject.toml"
 
 help_and_exit() {
-    echo "Usage: ./tests.sh [-p|--pdb] [<test-name-filter>]"
+    echo "Usage: ./tests.sh [-p|--pdb] [-c|--cov] [<test-name-filter>]"
     echo "  -p,  --pdb         enable pdb (Python debugger) post mortem debugger on failed tests"
+    echo "  -c,  --cov         enable codecov"
     echo "  <test-name-filter> run only tests that match the regex"
     exit 1
 }
 
-if [[ $# -gt 2 ]]; then
+if [[ $# -gt 3 ]]; then
     help_and_exit
 fi
 
 USE_PDB=0
 TEST_NAME_FILTER=""
+RUN_CODECOV=0
 
 while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
     case $1 in
@@ -25,6 +27,11 @@ while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
             echo "Will run tests with Python debugger"
             shift
             ;;
+        -c | --cov)
+            echo "Will run codecov"
+            RUN_CODECOV=1
+            shift
+            ;;
         -h | --help)
             help_and_exit
             ;;
@@ -67,7 +74,10 @@ tests_passed_or_skipped=0
 tests_failed=0
 
 for test_case in ${TESTS_LIST}; do
-    gdb_args=(-ex 'py import coverage;coverage.process_startup()' --command $GDB_INIT_PATH --command pytests_launcher.py)
+    gdb_args=(--command $GDB_INIT_PATH --command pytests_launcher.py)
+    if [ ${RUN_CODECOV} -ne 0 ]; then
+        gdb_args=(-ex 'py import coverage;coverage.process_startup()' "${gdb_args[@]}")
+    fi
     SRC_DIR=$ROOT_DIR \
         COVERAGE_FILE=$ROOT_DIR/.cov/coverage \
         COVERAGE_PROCESS_START=$COVERAGERC_PATH \