diff --git a/gnu/packages/code.scm b/gnu/packages/code.scm
index d57954c47c..2b1d221122 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/code.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/code.scm
@@ -580,6 +580,7 @@ stack traces.")
                  `("PERL5LIB" ":" prefix (,(getenv "PERL5LIB")))))
              #t)))))
     (inputs (list perl perl-io-compress perl-json))
+    (propagated-inputs (list findutils))
     (home-page "https://ltp.sourceforge.net/coverage/lcov.php")
     (synopsis "Code coverage tool that enhances GNU gcov")
     (description "LCOV is an extension of @command{gcov}, a tool part of the