diff --git a/src/bin/coverity.h b/src/bin/coverity.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..38469859
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/bin/coverity.h
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#ifndef _COVERITY_H__
+#define _COVERITY_H__ 1
+#ifdef __COVERITY__
+
+#ifdef __x86_64__
+typedef struct { long double x; long double y; } _Float128;
+#endif
+
+#endif /* __COVERITY__ */
+
+#endif /* _COVERITY_H__ */
diff --git a/src/bin/meson.build b/src/bin/meson.build
index 97b33bfb..7b5458d8 100644
--- a/src/bin/meson.build
+++ b/src/bin/meson.build
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-terminology_sources = ['private.h',
+terminology_sources = ['private.h', 'coverity.h',
                        'about.c', 'about.h',
                        'col.c', 'col.h',
                        'config.c', 'config.h',
diff --git a/src/bin/private.h b/src/bin/private.h
index d7b6b2c4..ce9b86ba 100644
--- a/src/bin/private.h
+++ b/src/bin/private.h
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 #endif
 #define gettext_noop(String) String
 
+#include "coverity.h"
+
 extern int terminology_starting_up;
 
 #ifdef ENABLE_FUZZING