diff --git a/.github/workflows/coverity.yml b/.github/workflows/coverity.yml
index 629a78a94..845b10a58 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/coverity.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/coverity.yml
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ jobs:
               -GNinja \
               -C ci/cmake-preloads/config-coverity.txt \
               -DALLOW_IN_SOURCE_BUILD=true \
+              -DCOVERITY_BUILD=ON \
               -B. \
               -S.
         cov-build --dir cov-int cmake --build .
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 8eae52bcf..0dd54d379 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -56,6 +56,11 @@ if (NOT WIN32 AND NOT ANDROID)
 	option(WITH_X11 "build X11 client/server" ${OPT_DEFAULT_VAL})
 endif()
 
+# Enable coverity related pragma definitions
+if (COVERITY_BUILD)
+    add_compile_definitions(COVERITY_BUILD)
+endif()
+
 # Include our extra modules
 list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/)
 
diff --git a/winpr/CMakeLists.txt b/winpr/CMakeLists.txt
index 6bdff7cf2..2f3006cd9 100644
--- a/winpr/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/winpr/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -33,6 +33,11 @@ if (NOT FREERDP_UNIFIED_BUILD)
 	include(CommonConfigOptions)
 	include(ConfigOptions)
 
+    # Enable coverity related pragma definitions
+    if (COVERITY_BUILD)
+        add_compile_definitions(COVERITY_BUILD)
+    endif()
+
 	# Default to build shared libs
 	option(EXPORT_ALL_SYMBOLS "Export all symbols form library" OFF)
 
diff --git a/winpr/include/winpr/platform.h b/winpr/include/winpr/platform.h
index 987aa9f53..a3c95366e 100644
--- a/winpr/include/winpr/platform.h
+++ b/winpr/include/winpr/platform.h
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@
 #define WINPR_DO_PRAGMA(x) __pragma(#x)
 #endif
 
-#if !defined(__COVERITY__)
+/* COVERITY_BUILD must be defined by build system */
+#if !defined(COVERITY_BUILD)
 #define WINPR_DO_COVERITY_PRAGMA(x)
 #else
 #define WINPR_DO_COVERITY_PRAGMA(x) WINPR_DO_PRAGMA(x)