diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e02b88bcb1..7337087484 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1009,7 +1009,7 @@ $(filter %.1 %.7 %.8,$(DOCS)): scripts/texi2pod.pl
 %/coverage-report.html:
 	@mkdir -p $*
 	$(call quiet-command,\
-		gcovr -r $(SRC_PATH) --object-directory $(BUILD_PATH) \
+		gcovr -r $(SRC_PATH) --object-directory $(BUILD_DIR) \
 		-p --html --html-details -o $@, \
 		"GEN", "coverage-report.html")