diff --git a/ns3 b/ns3
index 2d9d5150b..ccf29e5f0 100755
--- a/ns3
+++ b/ns3
@@ -959,6 +959,7 @@ def build_step(args,
         non_executable_targets = ["assemble-introspected-command-line",
                                   "check-version",
                                   "cmake-format",
+                                  "coverage_gcc",
                                   "docs",
                                   "doxygen",
                                   "doxygen-no-build",