diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index 06c4b1823..59c71a945 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ ifneq ("$(GENHTML)", "")
 lcov:
 	$(RM) -rf $(LCOV_REPORTS_DIR)
 	$(MKDIR_P) $(LCOV_REPORTS_DIR)
-	$(LCOV) --capture --directory $(top_builddir) --ignore-errors source \
+	-$(LCOV) --capture --directory $(top_builddir) --ignore-errors source,negative,gcov \
 		--output-file $(LCOV_REPORTS_DIR)/out.info
 	-test ! -s $(LCOV_REPORTS_DIR)/out.info || \
 		$(GENHTML) -o $(LCOV_REPORTS_DIR) --ignore-errors source \