diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 5d6b6a5e..e597d11c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -227,6 +227,7 @@ jobs:
       FOREVER_PAUSE: 100
       ITERATION_COUNT: 2
       TOMCAT_CYCLE_COUNT: 2
+      CODE_COVERAGE: 1
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -253,9 +254,16 @@ jobs:
         if: always()
         with:
           name: Test logs
-          path: |
-            test/logs/*
+          path: test/logs/*
           retention-days: 7
+    # Preserve coverage data if defined
+      - name: Preserve coverage files
+        if: env.CODE_COVERAGE
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+            name: Coverage
+            path: test/coverage/*
+            retention-days: 7
 
   perl-tests:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3092828b..c7665aa2 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -36,6 +36,12 @@ test/httpd/mod_proxy_cluster
 # Log files
 **/*.log
 
+# Coverage files
+test/coverage/
+*.gcno
+*.gcda
+*.gcov
+
 # build files
 *.slo
 *.so
diff --git a/test/httpd/Containerfile b/test/httpd/Containerfile
index 17ff736b..dfa89a44 100644
--- a/test/httpd/Containerfile
+++ b/test/httpd/Containerfile
@@ -1,11 +1,18 @@
 FROM fedora:41
 
 ARG HTTPD_SOURCES="https://dlcdn.apache.org/httpd/httpd-2.4.63.tar.gz"
+ARG CFLAGS=""
+ARG LDFLAGS=""
+ARG HTTPD_DEFAULT_FLAGS="--enable-proxy --enable-proxy-http --enable-proxy-ajp --enable-proxy-wstunnel --enable-proxy-hcheck --with-port=8000"
+ARG HTTPD_EXTRA_FLAGS=""
 
-RUN yum install gcc wget apr-devel apr-util-devel openssl-devel pcre-devel redhat-rpm-config wcstools git autoconf -y
+RUN yum install gcc wget apr-devel apr-util-devel openssl-devel pcre-devel redhat-rpm-config wcstools git autoconf gcovr lcov -y
 
 ENV CONF=httpd/mod_proxy_cluster.conf
 ENV HTTPD=${HTTPD_SOURCES}
+ENV CFLAGS="${CFLAGS}"
+ENV LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS}"
+ENV HTTPD_FLAGS="${HTTPD_DEFAULT_FLAGS} ${HTTPD_EXTRA_FLAGS}"
 
 # make sure you have copy of the local repository at place
 # (our function "httpd_create" takes care of that)
@@ -17,12 +24,7 @@ RUN mkdir httpd
 RUN tar xvf $(filename $HTTPD) --strip 1 -C httpd
 RUN ls
 WORKDIR /httpd
-RUN ./configure --enable-proxy \
-                --enable-proxy-http \
-                --enable-proxy-ajp \
-                --enable-proxy-wstunnel \
-                --enable-proxy-hcheck \
-                --with-port=8000
+RUN ./configure ${HTTPD_FLAGS}
 RUN make
 RUN make install
 
@@ -37,7 +39,7 @@ RUN for m in advertise mod_proxy_cluster balancers mod_manager; \
         ./configure --with-apxs=/usr/local/apache2/bin/apxs; \
         make clean; \
         make || exit 1; \
-        cp *.so /usr/local/apache2/modules; \
+        for f in *.so; do ln -s "$PWD/$f" /usr/local/apache2/modules/$f; done; \
         cd $OLDPWD; \
     done;
 
diff --git a/test/httpd/run.sh b/test/httpd/run.sh
index 0579e764..117dc7ef 100755
--- a/test/httpd/run.sh
+++ b/test/httpd/run.sh
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-pwd
-ls -lt
-
 # wget and copy the prepared conf file and include it
 cd /test/
 if [ -f $CONF ]; then
@@ -14,6 +11,8 @@ else
   exit 1
 fi
 
+mkdir /coverage
+
 # start apache httpd server in foreground
 echo "Starting httpd..."
 /usr/local/apache2/bin/apachectl start
diff --git a/test/includes/common.sh b/test/includes/common.sh
index 91940553..7c63243b 100644
--- a/test/includes/common.sh
+++ b/test/includes/common.sh
@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@ IMG=${IMG:-mod_proxy_cluster-testsuite-tomcat}
 HTTPD_IMG=${HTTPD_IMG:-mod_proxy_cluster-testsuite-httpd}
 MPC_NAME=${MPC_NAME:-httpd-mod_proxy_cluster}
 
+if [ $CODE_COVERAGE ]; then
+    MPC_CFLAGS="$MPC_CFLAGS --coverage -fprofile-arcs -ftest-coverage -fPIC -g -O0"
+    MPC_LDFLAGS="$MPC_LDFLAGS -lgcov"
+    HTTPD_EXTRA_FLAGS="$HTTPD_EXTRA_FLAGS --enable-debugger-mode"
+fi
+
 # Runs a test file ($1) under given name ($2, if given)
 run_test() {
     local ret=0
@@ -23,12 +29,27 @@ run_test() {
         echo " NOK"
         ret=1
     fi
+
+    local httpd_cont=$(docker ps -a | grep $HTTPD_IMG | cut -f 1 -d' ')
     # preserve httpd's logs too if DEBUG
     if [ $DEBUG ]; then
-        local httpd_cont=$(docker ps -a | grep $HTTPD_IMG | cut -f 1 -d' ')
-        docker logs  $httpd_cont > "logs/${2:-$1}-httpd.log" 2>&1
+        docker logs ${httpd_cont} > "logs/${2:-$1}-httpd.log" 2>&1
         docker cp ${httpd_cont}:/usr/local/apache2/logs/access_log "logs/${2:-$1}-httpd_access.log" 2> /dev/null || true
     fi
+
+    if [ $CODE_COVERAGE ]; then
+        docker exec ${httpd_cont} /usr/local/apache2/bin/apachectl stop
+        # preserve the coverage files
+        # docker has problems with names containing spaces
+        f=$(echo ${2:-1} | sed 's/ /-/g')
+        docker exec ${httpd_cont} sh -c "cd /native; gcovr --gcov-ignore-errors=no_working_dir_found --json /coverage/coverage-$f.json > /coverage/coverage-$f.log 2>&1"
+        docker exec ${httpd_cont} sh -c "cd /native; lcov --capture --directory . --output-file /coverage/coverage-$f.info  > /coverage/coverage-lcov-$f.log 2>&1"
+
+        for f in $(docker exec ${httpd_cont} ls /coverage/); do
+            docker cp ${httpd_cont}:/coverage/$f $PWD/coverage/$f > /dev/null
+        done
+    fi
+
     # Clean all after run
     httpd_remove > /dev/null 2>&1
     tomcat_all_remove > /dev/null 2>&1
@@ -54,7 +75,11 @@ httpd_create() {
     done
     cp -r ../native ../test /tmp/mod_proxy_cluster/
     mv /tmp/mod_proxy_cluster httpd/
-    docker build -t $HTTPD_IMG -f httpd/Containerfile httpd/
+
+    docker build -t $HTTPD_IMG --build-arg CFLAGS="$MPC_CFLAGS" \
+                               --build-arg LDFLAGS="$MPC_LDFLAGS" \
+                               --build-arg HTTPD_EXTRA_FLAGS="$HTTPD_EXTRA_FLAGS" \
+                 -f httpd/Containerfile httpd/
 }
 
 # Build and run httpd container
diff --git a/test/testsuite.sh b/test/testsuite.sh
index de307743..195667fb 100644
--- a/test/testsuite.sh
+++ b/test/testsuite.sh
@@ -34,6 +34,15 @@ fi
 
 if [ ! -d logs ]; then
     mkdir logs
+    rm logs/*
+fi
+
+if [ $CODE_COVERAGE ]; then
+    if [ ! -d coverage ]; then
+        mkdir coverage
+    fi
+
+    rm coverage/*
 fi
 
 . includes/common.sh
@@ -45,11 +54,11 @@ fi
 
 echo -n "Creating docker containers..."
 if [ ! -z ${DEBUG+x} ]; then
-     httpd_create  || exit 2
-     tomcat_create || exit 3
+    httpd_create  || exit 2
+    tomcat_create || exit 3
 else
-     httpd_create  > /dev/null 2>&1 || exit 2
-     tomcat_create > /dev/null 2>&1 || exit 3
+    httpd_create  > /dev/null 2>&1 || exit 2
+    tomcat_create > /dev/null 2>&1 || exit 3
 fi
 echo " Done"
 
@@ -114,4 +123,22 @@ else
     res=1
 fi
 
+# if we're interessed in code coverage, run an httpd container with the already obtained
+# coverage files and generate the report from within the container with all the sources
+if [ $CODE_COVERAGE ]; then
+    echo "Generating test coverage..."
+    httpd_start > /dev/null 2>&1
+    docker exec $MPC_NAME /usr/local/apache2/bin/apachectl stop
+
+    for f in $(ls coverage/*.json coverage/*.info); do
+        docker cp $f $MPC_NAME:/coverage/ > /dev/null
+    done
+
+    docker exec $MPC_NAME sh -c 'cd /native; gcovr --add-tracefile "/coverage/coverage-*.json" --html-details /coverage/test-coverage.html > /coverage/test-coverage.log 2>&1'
+    docker exec $MPC_NAME sh -c 'cd /coverage; mkdir lcov; genhtml *.info --output-directory lcov  > /coverage/lcov/test-coverage-lcov.log 2>&1'
+    docker cp $MPC_NAME:/coverage/ .  > /dev/null
+
+    httpd_remove
+fi
+
 exit $res