diff --git a/.github/workflows/compilation_on_android_ubuntu.yml b/.github/workflows/compilation_on_android_ubuntu.yml
index 98d4b1b723..752fdbf1e9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/compilation_on_android_ubuntu.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/compilation_on_android_ubuntu.yml
@@ -363,13 +363,32 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           sudo apt-get update
           sudo apt-get install -y g++-multilib
+      
+      - name: Install lcov
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get update
+          sudo apt-get install -y lcov
 
       - name: Build and run unit tests
+        if: matrix.build_target == 'X86_32'
         run: |
-          mkdir build && cd build
-          cmake .. -DWAMR_BUILD_TARGET=${{ matrix.build_target }}
-          cmake --build . --config Release --parallel 4
-          ctest
+          rm -rf build
+          cmake -S . -B build -DWAMR_BUILD_TARGET=${{ matrix.build_target }}
+          cmake --build build --config Release --parallel 4
+          ctest --test-dir build --output-on-failure
+
+      - name: Build and run unit tests and collect coverage-data
+        if: matrix.build_target == 'X86_64'
+        run: |
+          rm -rf build
+          cmake -S . -B build -DWAMR_BUILD_TARGET=${{ matrix.build_target }} -DCOLLECT_CODE_COVERAGE=1
+          cmake --build build --config Release --parallel 4
+          ctest --test-dir build --output-on-failure
+
+          lcov --quiet --capture --directory build --output-file coverage.all.info
+          # only keep coverage data for platform independent code
+          lcov --quiet --extract coverage.all.info "*/core/iwasm/*" "*/core/shared/*" --output-file coverage.info
+          lcov --summary coverage.info >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
         working-directory: tests/unit
 
   build_regression_tests: