diff --git a/src/test/shell/bazel/bazel_coverage_cc_test_gcc.sh b/src/test/shell/bazel/bazel_coverage_cc_test_gcc.sh
index 3ad7498d50a531..ec3d9201b09440 100755
--- a/src/test/shell/bazel/bazel_coverage_cc_test_gcc.sh
+++ b/src/test/shell/bazel/bazel_coverage_cc_test_gcc.sh
@@ -924,4 +924,149 @@ EOF
      expect_log "WARNING: There was no coverage found."
 }
 
+function setup_external_cc_target() {
+  cat > WORKSPACE <<'EOF'
+local_repository(
+    name = "other_repo",
+    path = "other_repo",
+)
+EOF
+
+  cat > BUILD <<'EOF'
+cc_library(
+    name = "b",
+    srcs = ["b.cc"],
+    hdrs = ["b.h"],
+    visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
+)
+EOF
+
+  cat > b.h <<'EOF'
+int b(bool what);
+EOF
+
+  cat > b.cc <<'EOF'
+int b(bool what) {
+  if (what) {
+    return 1;
+  } else {
+    return 2;
+  }
+}
+EOF
+
+  mkdir -p other_repo
+  touch other_repo/WORKSPACE
+
+  cat > other_repo/BUILD <<'EOF'
+cc_library(
+    name = "a",
+    srcs = ["a.cc"],
+    hdrs = ["a.h"],
+    deps = ["@//:b"],
+)
+
+cc_test(
+    name = "t",
+    srcs = ["t.cc"],
+    linkstatic = True,
+    deps = [":a"],
+)
+EOF
+
+  cat > other_repo/a.h <<'EOF'
+int a(bool what);
+EOF
+
+  cat > other_repo/a.cc <<'EOF'
+#include "a.h"
+#include "b.h"
+
+int a(bool what) {
+  if (what) {
+    return b(what);
+  } else {
+    return 1 + b(what);
+  }
+}
+EOF
+
+  cat > other_repo/t.cc <<'EOF'
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include "a.h"
+
+int main(void) {
+  a(true);
+}
+EOF
+}
+
+function test_external_cc_target_can_collect_coverage() {
+  if is_gcov_missing_or_wrong_version; then
+    echo "Skipping test." && return
+  fi
+
+  setup_external_cc_target
+
+  bazel coverage --test_output=all --instrumentation_filter=// @other_repo//:t \
+      &>"$TEST_log" || fail "Coverage for @other_repo//:t failed"
+
+  local coverage_file_path="$(get_coverage_file_path_from_test_log)"
+  local expected_result_a_cc='SF:external/other_repo/a.cc
+FN:4,_Z1ab
+FNDA:1,_Z1ab
+FNF:1
+FNH:1
+DA:4,1
+DA:5,1
+DA:6,1
+DA:8,0
+LH:3
+LF:4
+end_of_record'
+  local expected_result_b_cc='SF:b.cc
+FN:1,_Z1bb
+FNDA:1,_Z1bb
+FNF:1
+FNH:1
+DA:1,1
+DA:2,1
+DA:3,1
+DA:5,0
+LH:3
+LF:4
+end_of_record'
+
+  assert_coverage_result "$expected_result_a_cc" "$coverage_file_path"
+  assert_coverage_result "$expected_result_b_cc" "$coverage_file_path"
+}
+
+function test_external_cc_target_coverage_not_collected_by_default() {
+  if is_gcov_missing_or_wrong_version; then
+    echo "Skipping test." && return
+  fi
+
+  setup_external_cc_target
+
+  bazel coverage --test_output=all @other_repo//:t \
+      &>"$TEST_log" || fail "Coverage for @other_repo//:t failed"
+
+  local coverage_file_path="$(get_coverage_file_path_from_test_log)"
+  local expected_result_b_cc='SF:b.cc
+FN:1,_Z1bb
+FNDA:1,_Z1bb
+FNF:1
+FNH:1
+DA:1,1
+DA:2,1
+DA:3,1
+DA:5,0
+LH:3
+LF:4
+end_of_record'
+
+  assert_coverage_result "$expected_result_b_cc" "$coverage_file_path"
+  assert_not_contains "SF:external/other_repo/a.cc" "$coverage_file_path"
+}
+
 run_suite "test tests"
diff --git a/src/test/shell/bazel/bazel_coverage_cc_test_llvm.sh b/src/test/shell/bazel/bazel_coverage_cc_test_llvm.sh
index be3b1ed0938e6f..e99c0b5bb98efa 100755
--- a/src/test/shell/bazel/bazel_coverage_cc_test_llvm.sh
+++ b/src/test/shell/bazel/bazel_coverage_cc_test_llvm.sh
@@ -109,17 +109,22 @@ function test_cc_test_llvm_coverage_doesnt_fail() {
 }
 
 function test_cc_test_llvm_coverage_produces_lcov_report() {
-  local -r llvm_profdata="/usr/bin/llvm-profdata-9"
-  if [[ ! -x ${llvm_profdata} ]]; then
+  local -r clang="/usr/bin/clang"
+  if [[ ! -x ${clang} ]]; then
     return
   fi
+  local -r clang_version=$(clang --version | grep -o "clang version [0-9]*" | cut -d " " -f 3)
+  if [ "$clang_version" -lt 9 ] || [ "$clang_version" -eq 10 ] || [ "$clang_version" -eq 11 ]; then
+    # No lcov produced with <9.0, no branch coverage with 10.0 and 11.0.
+    echo "clang versions <9.0 as well as 10.0 and 11.0 are not supported." && return
+  fi
 
-  local -r clang="/usr/bin/clang-9"
-  if [[ ! -x ${clang} ]]; then
+  local -r llvm_profdata="/usr/bin/llvm-profdata"
+  if [[ ! -x ${llvm_profdata} ]]; then
     return
   fi
 
-  local -r llvm_cov="/usr/bin/llvm-cov-9"
+  local -r llvm_cov="/usr/bin/llvm-cov"
   if [[ ! -x ${llvm_cov} ]]; then
     return
   fi
@@ -150,17 +155,22 @@ end_of_record"
 }
 
 function test_cc_test_with_runtime_objects_not_in_runfiles() {
-  local -r llvm_profdata="/usr/bin/llvm-profdata-9"
-  if [[ ! -x ${llvm_profdata} ]]; then
+  local -r clang="/usr/bin/clang"
+  if [[ ! -x ${clang} ]]; then
     return
   fi
+  local -r clang_version=$(clang --version | grep -o "clang version [0-9]*" | cut -d " " -f 3)
+  if [ "$clang_version" -lt 9 ] || [ "$clang_version" -eq 10 ] || [ "$clang_version" -eq 11 ]; then
+    # No lcov produced with <9.0, no branch coverage with 10.0 and 11.0.
+    echo "clang versions <9.0 as well as 10.0 and 11.0 are not supported." && return
+  fi
 
-  local -r clang="/usr/bin/clang-9"
-  if [[ ! -x ${clang} ]]; then
+  local -r llvm_profdata="/usr/bin/llvm-profdata"
+  if [[ ! -x ${llvm_profdata} ]]; then
     return
   fi
 
-  local -r llvm_cov="/usr/bin/llvm-cov-9"
+  local -r llvm_cov="/usr/bin/llvm-cov"
   if [[ ! -x ${llvm_cov} ]]; then
     return
   fi
@@ -218,5 +228,204 @@ end_of_record"
   assert_equals "$expected_result" "$(cat $(get_coverage_file_path_from_test_log))"
 }
 
+function setup_external_cc_target() {
+  cat > WORKSPACE <<'EOF'
+local_repository(
+    name = "other_repo",
+    path = "other_repo",
+)
+EOF
+
+  cat > BUILD <<'EOF'
+cc_library(
+    name = "b",
+    srcs = ["b.cc"],
+    hdrs = ["b.h"],
+    visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
+)
+EOF
+
+  cat > b.h <<'EOF'
+int b(bool what);
+EOF
+
+  cat > b.cc <<'EOF'
+int b(bool what) {
+  if (what) {
+    return 1;
+  } else {
+    return 2;
+  }
+}
+EOF
+
+  mkdir -p other_repo
+  touch other_repo/WORKSPACE
+
+  cat > other_repo/BUILD <<'EOF'
+cc_library(
+    name = "a",
+    srcs = ["a.cc"],
+    hdrs = ["a.h"],
+    deps = ["@//:b"],
+)
+
+cc_test(
+    name = "t",
+    srcs = ["t.cc"],
+    linkstatic = True,
+    deps = [":a"],
+)
+EOF
+
+  cat > other_repo/a.h <<'EOF'
+int a(bool what);
+EOF
+
+  cat > other_repo/a.cc <<'EOF'
+#include "a.h"
+#include "b.h"
+
+int a(bool what) {
+  if (what) {
+    return b(what);
+  } else {
+    return 1 + b(what);
+  }
+}
+EOF
+
+  cat > other_repo/t.cc <<'EOF'
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include "a.h"
+
+int main(void) {
+  a(true);
+}
+EOF
+}
+
+function test_external_cc_target_can_collect_coverage() {
+  local -r clang="/usr/bin/clang"
+  if [[ ! -x ${clang} ]]; then
+    return
+  fi
+  local -r clang_version=$(clang --version | grep -o "clang version [0-9]*" | cut -d " " -f 3)
+  if [ "$clang_version" -lt 9 ] || [ "$clang_version" -eq 10 ] || [ "$clang_version" -eq 11 ]; then
+    # No lcov produced with <9.0, no branch coverage with 10.0 and 11.0.
+    echo "clang versions <9.0 as well as 10.0 and 11.0 are not supported." && return
+  fi
+
+  local -r llvm_profdata="/usr/bin/llvm-profdata"
+  if [[ ! -x ${llvm_profdata} ]]; then
+    return
+  fi
+
+  local -r llvm_cov="/usr/bin/llvm-cov"
+  if [[ ! -x ${llvm_cov} ]]; then
+    return
+  fi
+
+  setup_external_cc_target
+
+  BAZEL_USE_LLVM_NATIVE_COVERAGE=1 GCOV=$llvm_profdata CC=$clang \
+    BAZEL_LLVM_COV=$llvm_cov bazel coverage --experimental_generate_llvm_lcov \
+      --combined_report=lcov --test_output=all \
+        @other_repo//:t --instrumentation_filter=// &>$TEST_log || fail "Coverage for @other_repo//:t failed"
+
+  local expected_result='SF:b.cc
+FN:1,_Z1bb
+FNDA:1,_Z1bb
+FNF:1
+FNH:1
+BRDA:2,0,0,1
+BRDA:2,0,1,0
+BRF:2
+BRH:1
+DA:1,1
+DA:2,1
+DA:3,1
+DA:4,1
+DA:5,0
+DA:6,0
+DA:7,1
+LH:5
+LF:7
+end_of_record
+SF:external/other_repo/a.cc
+FN:4,_Z1ab
+FNDA:1,_Z1ab
+FNF:1
+FNH:1
+BRDA:5,0,0,1
+BRDA:5,0,1,0
+BRF:2
+BRH:1
+DA:4,1
+DA:5,1
+DA:6,1
+DA:7,1
+DA:8,0
+DA:9,0
+DA:10,1
+LH:5
+LF:7
+end_of_record'
+
+  assert_equals "$expected_result" "$(cat $(get_coverage_file_path_from_test_log))"
+  assert_equals "$expected_result" "$(cat bazel-out/_coverage/_coverage_report.dat)"
+}
+
+function test_external_cc_target_coverage_not_collected_by_default() {
+  local -r clang="/usr/bin/clang"
+  if [[ ! -x ${clang} ]]; then
+    return
+  fi
+  local -r clang_version=$(clang --version | grep -o "clang version [0-9]*" | cut -d " " -f 3)
+  if [ "$clang_version" -lt 9 ] || [ "$clang_version" -eq 10 ] || [ "$clang_version" -eq 11 ]; then
+    # No lcov produced with <9.0, no branch coverage with 10.0 and 11.0.
+    echo "clang versions <9.0 as well as 10.0 and 11.0 are not supported." && return
+  fi
+
+  local -r llvm_profdata="/usr/bin/llvm-profdata"
+  if [[ ! -x ${llvm_profdata} ]]; then
+    return
+  fi
+
+  local -r llvm_cov="/usr/bin/llvm-cov"
+  if [[ ! -x ${llvm_cov} ]]; then
+    return
+  fi
+
+  setup_external_cc_target
+
+  BAZEL_USE_LLVM_NATIVE_COVERAGE=1 GCOV=$llvm_profdata CC=$clang \
+    BAZEL_LLVM_COV=$llvm_cov bazel coverage --experimental_generate_llvm_lcov \
+      --combined_report=lcov --test_output=all \
+        @other_repo//:t &>$TEST_log || fail "Coverage for @other_repo//:t failed"
+
+  local expected_result='SF:b.cc
+FN:1,_Z1bb
+FNDA:1,_Z1bb
+FNF:1
+FNH:1
+BRDA:2,0,0,1
+BRDA:2,0,1,0
+BRF:2
+BRH:1
+DA:1,1
+DA:2,1
+DA:3,1
+DA:4,1
+DA:5,0
+DA:6,0
+DA:7,1
+LH:5
+LF:7
+end_of_record'
+
+  assert_equals "$expected_result" "$(cat $(get_coverage_file_path_from_test_log))"
+  assert_equals "$expected_result" "$(cat bazel-out/_coverage/_coverage_report.dat)"
+}
 
 run_suite "test tests"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tools/test/collect_cc_coverage.sh b/tools/test/collect_cc_coverage.sh
index eafa7b8fe8f1ce..54d9ba3e18f162 100755
--- a/tools/test/collect_cc_coverage.sh
+++ b/tools/test/collect_cc_coverage.sh
@@ -93,7 +93,6 @@ function llvm_coverage_lcov() {
   done < "${COVERAGE_MANIFEST}"
 
   "${LLVM_COV}" export -instr-profile "${output_file}.data" -format=lcov \
-      -ignore-filename-regex='.*external/.+' \
       -ignore-filename-regex='/tmp/.+' \
       ${object_param} | sed 's#/proc/self/cwd/##' > "${output_file}"
 }
diff --git a/tools/test/collect_coverage.sh b/tools/test/collect_coverage.sh
index f1690d88a589e7..657e790b880796 100755
--- a/tools/test/collect_coverage.sh
+++ b/tools/test/collect_coverage.sh
@@ -235,7 +235,6 @@ LCOV_MERGER_CMD="${LCOV_MERGER} --coverage_dir=${COVERAGE_DIR} \
   --filter_sources=/usr/lib/.+ \
   --filter_sources=/usr/include.+ \
   --filter_sources=/Applications/.+ \
-  --filter_sources=.*external/.+ \
   --source_file_manifest=${COVERAGE_MANIFEST}"
 
 if [[ $COVERAGE_REPORTED_TO_ACTUAL_SOURCES_FILE ]]; then