diff --git a/.github/workflows/coverity-scan.yml b/.github/workflows/coverity-scan.yml
index 7c6f80dc5..a2c311f9c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/coverity-scan.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/coverity-scan.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
 
-      - run: sudo apt-get install gcc wget git curl pkg-config libfreetype6-dev libglib2.0-dev libicu-dev libgraphite2-dev
+      - run: sudo apt-get install gcc clang wget git curl pkg-config libfreetype6-dev libglib2.0-dev libicu-dev libgraphite2-dev
 
       - name: Download Coverity
         run: |
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
           TOKEN: ${{ secrets.COVERITY_SCAN_TOKEN }}
   
       # ideally we should've used meson and ninja here but it complains about coverage or something
-      - run: cov-analysis-linux64/bin/cov-build --dir cov-int gcc src/hb-*.cc -DHAVE_FREETYPE -DHAVE_GRAPHITE2 -DHAVE_GLIB -DHAVE_ICU `pkg-config --cflags freetype2 graphite2 glib-2.0 icu-uc` -DHAVE_INTEL_ATOMIC_PRIMITIVES -DHAVE_ROUNDF -DHAVE_SYS_MMAN_H -DHAVE_UNISTD_H -DHAVE_GETPAGESIZE -DHB_EXPERIMENTAL_API -c
+      - run: cov-analysis-linux64/bin/cov-build --dir cov-int clang src/hb-*.cc -DHAVE_FREETYPE -DHAVE_GRAPHITE2 -DHAVE_GLIB -DHAVE_ICU `pkg-config --cflags freetype2 graphite2 glib-2.0 icu-uc` -DHAVE_INTEL_ATOMIC_PRIMITIVES -DHAVE_ROUNDF -DHAVE_SYS_MMAN_H -DHAVE_UNISTD_H -DHAVE_GETPAGESIZE -DHB_EXPERIMENTAL_API -c
 
       - run: tar czvf harfbuzz.tgz cov-int