diff --git a/example/01_gemm/CMakeLists.txt b/example/01_gemm/CMakeLists.txt
index ebcd01b57b..dc445fb935 100644
--- a/example/01_gemm/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/example/01_gemm/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,15 +1,37 @@
+add_custom_target(example_gemm_dl)
+
 add_example_executable(example_gemm_dl_fp32 gemm_dl_fp32.cpp)
 add_example_executable(example_gemm_dl_fp16 gemm_dl_fp16.cpp)
 add_example_executable(example_gemm_dl_int8 gemm_dl_int8.cpp)
+
+add_dependencies(example_gemm_dl example_gemm_dl_fp32)
+add_dependencies(example_gemm_dl example_gemm_dl_fp16)
+add_dependencies(example_gemm_dl example_gemm_dl_int8)
+
 if (USE_BITINT_EXTENSION_INT4)
   add_example_executable(example_gemm_dl_int4 gemm_dl_int4.cpp)
+  add_dependencies(example_gemm_dl example_gemm_dl_int4)
 endif(USE_BITINT_EXTENSION_INT4)
+
+
+add_custom_target(example_gemm_xdl)
+
 add_example_executable(example_gemm_xdl_fp16 gemm_xdl_fp16.cpp)
 add_example_executable(example_gemm_xdl_bf16 gemm_xdl_bf16.cpp)
 add_example_executable(example_gemm_xdl_int8 gemm_xdl_int8.cpp)
+
+add_dependencies(example_gemm_xdl example_gemm_xdl_fp16)
+add_dependencies(example_gemm_xdl example_gemm_xdl_bf16)
+add_dependencies(example_gemm_xdl example_gemm_xdl_int8)
+
 if (USE_BITINT_EXTENSION_INT4)
   add_example_executable(example_gemm_xdl_int4 gemm_xdl_int4.cpp)
+  add_dependencies(example_gemm_xdl example_gemm_xdl_int4)
 endif(USE_BITINT_EXTENSION_INT4)
+
 add_example_executable(example_gemm_xdl_skip_b_lds_fp16 gemm_xdl_skip_b_lds_fp16.cpp)
 # FIXME: re-enable this exampe as test when SWDEV-335738 is fixed
 add_example_executable_no_testing(example_gemm_xdl_fp64 gemm_xdl_fp64.cpp)
+
+add_dependencies(example_gemm_xdl example_gemm_xdl_skip_b_lds_fp16)
+add_dependencies(example_gemm_xdl example_gemm_xdl_fp64)