diff --git a/docs/code_coverage.md b/docs/code_coverage.md
index f196b393d..e14f4b238 100644
--- a/docs/code_coverage.md
+++ b/docs/code_coverage.md
@@ -87,20 +87,27 @@ python infra/helper.py profile --fuzz-target=<fuzz_target_name> --corpus-dir=<my
 ### Additional arguments for `llvm-cov`
 
 You may want to use some of the options of [llvm-cov tool], for example,
-`-ignore-filename-regex=` or `-tab-size=`. You can pass those to the helper
-script after `--`:
+`-ignore-filename-regex=`. You can pass those to the helper script after `--`:
 
 ```bash
-python infra/helper.py profile $project_name -- -ignore-filename-regex='.*code/to/be/ignored/.*' -tab-size=2
+python infra/helper.py profile $project_name -- -ignore-filename-regex=.*code/to/be/ignored/.* <other_extra_args>
 ```
 
-To specify particular source files to be shown in the report, list the filepaths
-at the end of the extra arguments sequence, for example:
+To specify particular source files or directories to show in the report, list
+their paths at the end of the extra arguments sequence, for example:
 
 ```bash
-python infra/helper.py profile zlib -- -tab-size=8 /src/zlib/inftrees.c /src/zlib_uncompress_fuzzer.cc /src/zlib/zutil.c
+python infra/helper.py profile zlib -- <other_extra_args> /src/zlib/inftrees.c /src/zlib_uncompress_fuzzer.cc /src/zlib/zutil.c
 ```
 
+If you want OSS-Fuzz to use some extra arguments when generating code coverage
+reports for your project, add the arguments into `project.yaml` file as follows:
+
+```yaml
+coverage_extra_args: -ignore-filename-regex=.*crc.* -ignore-filename-regex=.*adler.* <other_extra_args>
+```
+
+
 [Clang Source-based Code Coverage]: https://clang.llvm.org/docs/SourceBasedCodeCoverage.html
 [gsutil tool]: https://cloud.google.com/storage/docs/gsutil_install
 [llvm-cov tool]: https://llvm.org/docs/CommandGuide/llvm-cov.html
diff --git a/infra/gcb/build_and_run_coverage.py b/infra/gcb/build_and_run_coverage.py
index 99d94f6dc..7e992fab8 100644
--- a/infra/gcb/build_and_run_coverage.py
+++ b/infra/gcb/build_and_run_coverage.py
@@ -135,7 +135,10 @@ def get_build_steps(project_dir):
       # Unpack the corpus and run coverage script.
       {
           'name': 'gcr.io/oss-fuzz-base/base-runner',
-          'env': env + ['HTTP_PORT=', 'COVERAGE_EXTRA_ARGS='],
+          'env': env + [
+              'HTTP_PORT=',
+              'COVERAGE_EXTRA_ARGS=%s' % project_yaml['coverage_extra_args']
+          ],
           'args': [
               'bash',
               '-c',
diff --git a/infra/gcb/build_project.py b/infra/gcb/build_project.py
index a65c76b18..159fb181e 100755
--- a/infra/gcb/build_project.py
+++ b/infra/gcb/build_project.py
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ def load_project_yaml(project_dir):
     project_yaml.setdefault('sanitizers', DEFAULT_SANITIZERS)
     project_yaml.setdefault('fuzzing_engines', DEFAULT_ENGINES)
     project_yaml.setdefault('run_tests', True)
+    project_yaml.setdefault('coverage_extra_args', '')
     return project_yaml