diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 404c38fd9c..84a45aea37 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2008-01-09  Stefan Kost  <ensonic@users.sf.net>
+
+	* Makefile.am:
+	  Include lcov.mak to allow building coverage reports. Add top-level
+	  check targets similar to other gst packages.
+
 2008-01-06  David Schleef  <ds@schleef.org>
 
 	* ext/directfb/Makefile.am:
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 8b2e3f6d5d..d7a9ef2ce4 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -33,7 +33,15 @@ include $(top_srcdir)/common/release.mak
 include $(top_srcdir)/common/po.mak
 
 check-valgrind:
-	@true
+	cd tests/check && make check-valgrind
 
+if HAVE_GST_CHECK
 check-torture:
-	@true
+	cd tests/check && make torture
+else
+check-torture:
+	true
+endif
+
+include $(top_srcdir)/common/coverage/lcov.mak
+
diff --git a/common b/common
index 970759077c..49c2fc5c9b 160000
--- a/common
+++ b/common
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 970759077c95ee4e85650db023ac6f974e2aa5e1
+Subproject commit 49c2fc5c9bff0e9858e89978bd98164a386de51d