diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 3f18de490..3e0427b48 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ addons:
 
 script:
   - set -e
-  - export CXX="g++-4.8" CC="gcc-4.8"
+  - export CXX="g++-4.8" CC="gcc-4.8" GCOV="gcov-4.8"
   - pushd $TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR/tests/host
-  - make test gcov
+  - make
   - bash <(curl -s https://codecov.io/bash) -X gcov
   - make clean
   - popd
diff --git a/tests/host/Makefile b/tests/host/Makefile
index 86e7f32ca..122dd94bd 100644
--- a/tests/host/Makefile
+++ b/tests/host/Makefile
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ ifeq ($(shell uname -s),Darwin)
 CC  := gcc
 CXX := g++
 endif
+GCOV ?= gcov
 
 CORE_CPP_FILES := $(addprefix $(CORE_PATH)/,\
 	StreamString.cpp \
@@ -56,7 +57,7 @@ CPP_OBJECTS = $(CPP_SOURCE_FILES:.cpp=.cpp.o)
 OBJECTS = $(C_OBJECTS) $(CPP_OBJECTS)
 COVERAGE_FILES = $(OBJECTS:.o=.gc*)
 
-all: $(OUTPUT_BINARY) test
+all: build-info $(OUTPUT_BINARY) test gcov
 
 test: $(OUTPUT_BINARY)
 	$(OUTPUT_BINARY)
@@ -67,7 +68,17 @@ clean:
 	rm -rf $(COVERAGE_FILES) *.gcov
 
 gcov: test
-	find $(CORE_PATH) -name "*.gcno" -exec gcov -r -pb {} +
+	find $(CORE_PATH) -name "*.gcno" -exec $(GCOV) -r -pb {} +
+
+build-info:
+	echo "-------- build tools info --------"
+	echo "CC: " $(CC)
+	$(CC) -v
+	echo "CXX: " $(CXX)
+	$(CXX) -v
+	echo "GCOV: " $(GCOV)
+	$(GCOV) -v
+	echo "----------------------------------"
 
 $(BINARY_DIRECTORY):
 	mkdir -p $@