diff --git a/.github/workflows/analysis.yml b/.github/workflows/analysis.yml
index 4d66787ab16..f448ced366a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/analysis.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/analysis.yml
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ jobs:
           -DACTS_BUILD_UNITTESTS=on
           -DACTS_BUILD_EXAMPLES_UNITTESTS=off
           -DACTS_BUILD_EVERYTHING=ON
+          -DACTS_BUILD_EXAMPLES_UNIT_TESTS=ON
           -DACTS_BUILD_ODD=OFF
           -DACTS_BUILD_EXAMPLES_PYTHON_BINDINGS=ON
           -DACTS_BUILD_EXAMPLES_EDM4HEP=ON
diff --git a/.github/workflows/builds.yml b/.github/workflows/builds.yml
index 7c67a2bed5a..f9c6b53cff1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/builds.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/builds.yml
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ jobs:
           -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="${INSTALL_DIR}"
           -DACTS_ENABLE_LOG_FAILURE_THRESHOLD=ON
           -DACTS_BUILD_EVERYTHING=ON
+          -DACTS_BUILD_EXAMPLES_UNIT_TESTS=ON
           -DACTS_BUILD_ODD=ON
           -DACTS_BUILD_EXAMPLES_PYTHON_BINDINGS=ON
           -DACTS_BUILD_EXAMPLES_EDM4HEP=ON
@@ -282,6 +283,7 @@ jobs:
           -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="${INSTALL_DIR}"
           -DACTS_ENABLE_LOG_FAILURE_THRESHOLD=ON
           -DACTS_BUILD_EVERYTHING=ON
+          -DACTS_BUILD_EXAMPLES_UNIT_TESTS=ON
           -DACTS_BUILD_ODD=ON
           -DACTS_BUILD_EXAMPLES_PYTHON_BINDINGS=ON
           -DACTS_BUILD_EXAMPLES_EDM4HEP=ON
@@ -382,6 +384,7 @@ jobs:
           -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="${{ env.INSTALL_DIR }}"
           -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=/usr/local/acts
           -DACTS_BUILD_EVERYTHING=ON
+          -DACTS_BUILD_EXAMPLES_UNIT_TESTS=ON
           -DACTS_BUILD_ODD=ON
           -DACTS_ENABLE_LOG_FAILURE_THRESHOLD=ON
           -DACTS_FORCE_ASSERTIONS=ON
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index c72fcc48801..25ba774defd 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ clang_tidy:
         -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
         -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="-Werror"
         -DACTS_BUILD_EVERYTHING=on
+        -DACTS_BUILD_EXAMPLES_UNIT_TESTS=ON
         -DACTS_RUN_CLANG_TIDY=on
 
     # Main clang-tidy run during cmake compilation
@@ -210,6 +211,7 @@ build_linux_ubuntu:
       -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=17
       -DACTS_ENABLE_LOG_FAILURE_THRESHOLD=ON
       -DACTS_BUILD_EVERYTHING=ON
+      -DACTS_BUILD_EXAMPLES_UNIT_TESTS=ON
       -DACTS_BUILD_ODD=ON
       -DACTS_BUILD_EXAMPLES_PYTHON_BINDINGS=ON
       -DACTS_BUILD_EXAMPLES_EDM4HEP=ON
@@ -307,6 +309,7 @@ linux_physmon:
       -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=${CXXSTD}
       -DACTS_ENABLE_LOG_FAILURE_THRESHOLD=ON
       -DACTS_BUILD_EVERYTHING=ON
+      -DACTS_BUILD_EXAMPLES_UNIT_TESTS=ON
       -DACTS_BUILD_ODD=ON
       -DACTS_BUILD_EXAMPLES_PYTHON_BINDINGS=ON
       -DACTS_BUILD_EXAMPLES_EDM4HEP=ON