diff --git a/cmake/commons/CoverageFunction.cmake b/cmake/commons/CoverageFunction.cmake
index 17f3aaebdec671fe0bd9dfae5741a48e9954985d..c5579044cf6581b74a308efaec4a65be96bfc5dd 100644
--- a/cmake/commons/CoverageFunction.cmake
+++ b/cmake/commons/CoverageFunction.cmake
@@ -22,31 +22,31 @@ find_program(GENHTML_COMMAND genhtml)
 if(GCOV_COMMAND)
     set(CMAKE_GCOV_FOUND TRUE)
 else()
-    message(ERROR "could not locate gcov executable, cannot add code coverage custom target!")
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "could not locate gcov executable, cannot add code coverage custom target!")
 endif()
 
 if(LCOV_COMMAND)
     set(CMAKE_LCOV_FOUND TRUE)
 else()
-    message(ERROR "could not locate lcov executable, cannot add code coverage custom target!")
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "could not locate lcov executable, cannot add code coverage custom target!")
 endif()
 
 if(GENHTML_COMMAND)
     set(CMAKE_GENHTML_FOUND TRUE)
 else()
-    message(ERROR "could not locate genhtml executable, cannot add code coverage custom target!")
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "could not locate genhtml executable, cannot add code coverage custom target!")
 endif()
 
 if(CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "GNU")
     string(APPEND CMAKE_C_FLAGS " -coverage")
 else()
-    message(ERROR "C compiler is not GNU; don't know how to set code coverage flags!")
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "C compiler is not GNU; don't know how to set code coverage flags!")
 endif()
 
 if(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "GNU")
     string(APPEND CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS " -coverage")
 else()
-    message(ERROR "CXX compiler is not GNU; don't know how to set code coverage flags!")
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "CXX compiler is not GNU; don't know how to set code coverage flags!")
 endif()
 
 # function to add a coverage target