diff --git a/.github/workflows/coverity.yml b/.github/workflows/coverity.yml
index 185b338e7..5998a1de3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/coverity.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/coverity.yml
@@ -77,7 +77,12 @@ jobs:
         export CC=/usr/bin/clang
         export CXX=/usr/bin/clang++
         # in source build is used to help coverity to determine relative file path
-        cmake -DALLOW_IN_SOURCE_BUILD=true -GNinja .
+        cmake \
+              -GNinja \
+              -C ci/cmake-preloads/config-coverity.txt \
+              -DALLOW_IN_SOURCE_BUILD=true \
+              -B. \
+              -S.
         cov-build --dir cov-int cmake --build .
 
     - name: Submit build result to Coverity Scan
diff --git a/ci/cmake-preloads/config-coverity.txt b/ci/cmake-preloads/config-coverity.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1774e4d19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci/cmake-preloads/config-coverity.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+set (CMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE ON CACHE BOOL "preload")
+set (WINPR_UTILS_IMAGE_JPEG ON CACHE BOOL "preload")
+set (WINPR_UTILS_IMAGE_WEBP ON CACHE BOOL "preload")
+set (WINPR_UTILS_IMAGE_PNG ON CACHE BOOL "preload")
+set (WITH_CAIRO ON CACHE BOOL "preload")
+set (WITH_DSP_EXPERIMENTAL ON CACHE BOOL "preload")
+set (WITH_DSP_FFMPEG ON CACHE BOOL "preload")
+set (WITH_FFMPEG ON CACHE BOOL "preload")
+set (WITH_INTERNAL_RC4 ON CACHE BOOL "preload")
+set (WITH_INTERNAL_MD4 ON CACHE BOOL "preload")
+set (WITH_INTERNAL_MD5 ON CACHE BOOL "preload")
+set (WITH_OPUS ON CACHE BOOL "preload")
+set (WITH_PROXY_EMULATE_SMARTCARD ON CACHE BOOL "preload")
+set (WITH_PULSE ON CACHE BOOL "preload")
+set (WITH_SMARTCARD_INSPECT ON CACHE BOOL "preload")
+set (WITH_SOXR ON CACHE BOOL "preload")
+set (WITH_UNICODE_BUILTIN ON CACHE BOOL "preload")
+