diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 2f7f3618622..77637f907c1 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -32,3 +32,16 @@ members = [
 ]
 
 exclude = ["implementations/rust/ockam/ockam_examples/example_projects"]
+
+# Coverage profile for generating code coverage with grcov.
+#
+# See https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/78011.
+#
+[profile.coverage]
+panic = "abort"
+opt-level = 0
+overflow-checks = false
+incremental = false
+codegen-units = 1
+inherits = "test"
+
diff --git a/implementations/rust/DEVELOP.md b/implementations/rust/DEVELOP.md
index ae233ee3969..4087158e436 100644
--- a/implementations/rust/DEVELOP.md
+++ b/implementations/rust/DEVELOP.md
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ Get a code coverage report:
 ```
 cargo +nightly install grcov
 
-env CARGO_INCREMENTAL=0 RUSTFLAGS="-Zprofile -Ccodegen-units=1 -Copt-level=0 -Clink-dead-code -Coverflow-checks=off -Zpanic_abort_tests -Cpanic=abort --cfg tokio_unstable" RUSTDOCFLAGS="-Cpanic=abort" cargo +nightly test
+env CARGO_INCREMENTAL=0 RUSTFLAGS="-Zprofile -Clink-dead-code --cfg tokio_unstable" cargo +nightly test --profile coverage
 
 grcov --llvm . -s . --binary-path ./target/debug/ -t html --branch --ignore-not-existing -o ./target/debug/coverage/