diff --git a/example/ck_tile/01_fmha/CMakeLists.txt b/example/ck_tile/01_fmha/CMakeLists.txt
index fe9d689449..fd50cfe7b8 100644
--- a/example/ck_tile/01_fmha/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/example/ck_tile/01_fmha/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -88,6 +88,13 @@ else()
   list(APPEND EXAMPLE_FMHA_FWD_COMPILE_OPTIONS -DCK_TILE_FMHA_FWD_SPLITKV_API=0)
 endif()
 
+# conditionally enable call to the fwd_appendkv API in fmha_fwd example
+if ("fwd_appendkv" IN_LIST FMHA_FWD_ENABLE_APIS)
+  list(APPEND EXAMPLE_FMHA_FWD_COMPILE_OPTIONS -DCK_TILE_FMHA_FWD_APPENDKV_API=1)
+else()
+  list(APPEND EXAMPLE_FMHA_FWD_COMPILE_OPTIONS -DCK_TILE_FMHA_FWD_APPENDKV_API=0)
+endif()
+
 # Allow comparing floating points directly in order to check sentinel values
 list(APPEND EXAMPLE_FMHA_FWD_COMPILE_OPTIONS -Wno-float-equal)
 list(APPEND EXAMPLE_FMHA_BWD_COMPILE_OPTIONS -Wno-float-equal)
diff --git a/example/ck_tile/01_fmha/fmha_fwd.cpp b/example/ck_tile/01_fmha/fmha_fwd.cpp
index cc9c1f4f3a..a8dce0fd51 100644
--- a/example/ck_tile/01_fmha/fmha_fwd.cpp
+++ b/example/ck_tile/01_fmha/fmha_fwd.cpp
@@ -289,6 +289,13 @@ bool run(const ck_tile::ArgParser& arg_parser)
                                                               arg_parser.get_str("s_kpad"));
 
     ck_tile::index_t seqlen_knew = arg_parser.get_int("s_k_new");
+#if !CK_TILE_FMHA_FWD_APPENDKV_API
+    if(0 < seqlen_knew)
+    {
+        std::cerr << "append-kv is not supported" << std::endl;
+        return false;
+    }
+#endif
 
 #if 0
     // clang-format off
@@ -638,6 +645,7 @@ bool run(const ck_tile::ArgParser& arg_parser)
 
     float ave_time = 0;
 
+#if CK_TILE_FMHA_FWD_APPENDKV_API
     if(0 < seqlen_knew)
     {
         auto appendkv_traits = fmha_fwd_appendkv_traits{
@@ -724,6 +732,7 @@ bool run(const ck_tile::ArgParser& arg_parser)
 
         ave_time += fmha_fwd_appendkv(appendkv_traits, appendkv_args, stream_config);
     }
+#endif
 
     auto fmha_traits = fmha_fwd_traits{hdim_q,
                                        hdim_v,