diff --git a/examples/hello_world/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/hello_world/CMakeLists.txt
index 3772daf..d9b69cd 100644
--- a/examples/hello_world/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/hello_world/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,5 +2,8 @@
 # CMakeLists in this exact order for cmake to work correctly
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5)
 
+get_filename_component(TTN_DIR ../.. ABSOLUTE)
+set(EXTRA_COMPONENT_DIRS "${TTN_DIR}")
+
 include($ENV{IDF_PATH}/tools/cmake/project.cmake)
 project(hello_world)
diff --git a/examples/mac_address/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/mac_address/CMakeLists.txt
index 83eb477..27e5b6b 100644
--- a/examples/mac_address/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/mac_address/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,5 +2,8 @@
 # CMakeLists in this exact order for cmake to work correctly
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5)
 
+get_filename_component(TTN_DIR ../.. ABSOLUTE)
+set(EXTRA_COMPONENT_DIRS "${TTN_DIR}")
+
 include($ENV{IDF_PATH}/tools/cmake/project.cmake)
 project(mac_address)
diff --git a/examples/provisioning/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/provisioning/CMakeLists.txt
index 7c2ad64..cb0bee0 100644
--- a/examples/provisioning/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/provisioning/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,5 +2,8 @@
 # CMakeLists in this exact order for cmake to work correctly
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5)
 
+get_filename_component(TTN_DIR ../.. ABSOLUTE)
+set(EXTRA_COMPONENT_DIRS "${TTN_DIR}")
+
 include($ENV{IDF_PATH}/tools/cmake/project.cmake)
 project(provisioning)
diff --git a/examples/send_recv/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/send_recv/CMakeLists.txt
index 11b81ee..b6b2f10 100644
--- a/examples/send_recv/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/send_recv/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,5 +2,8 @@
 # CMakeLists in this exact order for cmake to work correctly
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5)
 
+get_filename_component(TTN_DIR ../.. ABSOLUTE)
+set(EXTRA_COMPONENT_DIRS "${TTN_DIR}")
+
 include($ENV{IDF_PATH}/tools/cmake/project.cmake)
 project(send_recv)