diff --git a/llvm/test/CMakeLists.txt b/llvm/test/CMakeLists.txt
index e69ceebabe0d..426dc7e46eaa 100644
--- a/llvm/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/llvm/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ llvm_canonicalize_cmake_booleans(
   LLVM_LINK_LLVM_DYLIB
   LLVM_TOOL_LTO_BUILD
   LLVM_USE_INTEL_JITEVENTS
+  LLVM_BUILD_EXAMPLES
   )
 
 configure_lit_site_cfg(
diff --git a/llvm/test/Examples/lit.local.cfg b/llvm/test/Examples/lit.local.cfg
index 462e3dc5d11d..69bc11ee6b95 100644
--- a/llvm/test/Examples/lit.local.cfg
+++ b/llvm/test/Examples/lit.local.cfg
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-config.unsupported = True
+if not config.build_examples:
+  config.unsupported = True
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/llvm/test/lit.site.cfg.py.in b/llvm/test/lit.site.cfg.py.in
index 62c90b7c66b8..ada27ff6a774 100644
--- a/llvm/test/lit.site.cfg.py.in
+++ b/llvm/test/lit.site.cfg.py.in
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ config.have_zlib = @HAVE_LIBZ@
 config.have_libxar = @HAVE_LIBXAR@
 config.have_dia_sdk = @LLVM_ENABLE_DIA_SDK@
 config.enable_ffi = @LLVM_ENABLE_FFI@
+config.build_examples = @LLVM_BUILD_EXAMPLES@
 config.enable_threads = @LLVM_ENABLE_THREADS@
 config.build_shared_libs = @BUILD_SHARED_LIBS@
 config.link_llvm_dylib = @LLVM_LINK_LLVM_DYLIB@