diff --git a/gui-libs/libadwaita/libadwaita-1.7.7-r1.ebuild b/gui-libs/libadwaita/libadwaita-1.7.7-r1.ebuild
index 7652ac88e2d7..9fbecd22df1e 100644
--- a/gui-libs/libadwaita/libadwaita-1.7.7-r1.ebuild
+++ b/gui-libs/libadwaita/libadwaita-1.7.7-r1.ebuild
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ LICENSE="LGPL-2.1+"
 SLOT="1"
 KEYWORDS="amd64 ~arm arm64 ~loong ppc ppc64 ~riscv x86"
 
-IUSE="doc +introspection test +vala"
+IUSE="doc examples +introspection test +vala"
 REQUIRED_USE="
 	doc? ( introspection )
 	vala? ( introspection )
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ src_configure() {
 		$(meson_use vala vapi)
 		$(meson_use doc documentation)
 		$(meson_use test tests)
-		-Dexamples=false
+		$(meson_use examples)
 	)
 	meson_src_configure
 }
diff --git a/gui-libs/libadwaita/libadwaita-1.7.9.ebuild b/gui-libs/libadwaita/libadwaita-1.7.9.ebuild
index df2972fb14f8..02ea7bb405c9 100644
--- a/gui-libs/libadwaita/libadwaita-1.7.9.ebuild
+++ b/gui-libs/libadwaita/libadwaita-1.7.9.ebuild
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ LICENSE="LGPL-2.1+"
 SLOT="1"
 KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~loong ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~x86"
 
-IUSE="doc +introspection test +vala"
+IUSE="doc examples +introspection test +vala"
 REQUIRED_USE="
 	doc? ( introspection )
 	vala? ( introspection )
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ src_configure() {
 		$(meson_use vala vapi)
 		$(meson_use doc documentation)
 		$(meson_use test tests)
-		-Dexamples=false
+		$(meson_use examples)
 	)
 	meson_src_configure
 }
diff --git a/gui-libs/libadwaita/libadwaita-1.8.2.ebuild b/gui-libs/libadwaita/libadwaita-1.8.2.ebuild
index 61a73f90c8aa..87f78e04ffb6 100644
--- a/gui-libs/libadwaita/libadwaita-1.8.2.ebuild
+++ b/gui-libs/libadwaita/libadwaita-1.8.2.ebuild
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ LICENSE="LGPL-2.1+"
 SLOT="1"
 KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~loong ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~x86"
 
-IUSE="doc +introspection test +vala"
+IUSE="doc examples +introspection test +vala"
 REQUIRED_USE="
 	doc? ( introspection )
 	vala? ( introspection )
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ src_configure() {
 		$(meson_use vala vapi)
 		$(meson_use doc documentation)
 		$(meson_use test tests)
-		-Dexamples=false
+		$(meson_use examples)
 	)
 	meson_src_configure
 }
diff --git a/gui-libs/libadwaita/metadata.xml b/gui-libs/libadwaita/metadata.xml
index 09db4c14d9a8..5e31bb7bb752 100644
--- a/gui-libs/libadwaita/metadata.xml
+++ b/gui-libs/libadwaita/metadata.xml
@@ -8,4 +8,7 @@
   <upstream>
     <remote-id type="gnome-gitlab">GNOME/libadwaita</remote-id>
   </upstream>
+  <use>
+  <flag name="examples">Build and install the examples and demo applications</flag>
+  </use>
 </pkgmetadata>