diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 8d7f82f2d..eceee81c6 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ WARNINGS		:= -Wall -Wformat-security
 CFLAGS-GCOV		:= --coverage -fno-exceptions -fno-inline
 export CFLAGS-GCOV
 
-ifeq ($(GCOV),1)
+ifneq ($(GCOV),)
         LDFLAGS         += -lgcov
         CFLAGS          += $(CFLAGS-GCOV)
 endif
diff --git a/scripts/travis/travis-after_success b/scripts/travis/travis-after_success
index 05322eff4..bc0888a7e 100755
--- a/scripts/travis/travis-after_success
+++ b/scripts/travis/travis-after_success
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 set -x -e
 
 # We only need to run the below for gcov-enabled builds
-[ "$GCOV" = "1" ] || exit 0
+test -z "$GCOV" && exit 0
 
 sudo apt-get install -qq -y lcov
 gem install coveralls-lcov