diff --git a/.azure-pipelines/gcov.yml b/.azure-pipelines/gcov.yml
index 27129c5611..9bce6feccd 100644
--- a/.azure-pipelines/gcov.yml
+++ b/.azure-pipelines/gcov.yml
@@ -122,6 +122,8 @@ jobs:
       codeCoverageTool: Cobertura
       summaryFileLocation: '$(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/gcov_output/AllMergeReport/coverage.xml'
       reportDirectory: '$(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/gcov_output/AllMergeReport/'
+      pathToSources: '$(Build.SourcesDirectory)'
+      failIfCoverageEmpty: true
     displayName: 'Publish c c++ test coverage'
     condition: eq('${{ parameters.archive_gcov }}', true)
   
diff --git a/tests/gcov_support.sh b/tests/gcov_support.sh
index 94e2b6aba1..8582d5899d 100755
--- a/tests/gcov_support.sh
+++ b/tests/gcov_support.sh
@@ -132,8 +132,8 @@ lcov_merge_all()
     cp $1/lcov_cobertura.py $1/common_work/gcov/
     python $1/common_work/gcov/lcov_cobertura.py total.info -o coverage.xml
 
-    sed -i "s#../../__w/1/s/##" coverage.xml
-    sed -i "s#......__w.1.s.##" coverage.xml
+    sed -i "s#\.\./s/##" coverage.xml
+    sed -i "s#\.\.\.s\.##" coverage.xml
 
     cd gcov_output/
     if [ ! -d ${ALLMERGE_DIR} ]; then