diff --git a/dev-libs/cdk/cdk-5.0.20230201-r2.ebuild b/dev-libs/cdk/cdk-5.0.20230201-r2.ebuild
index 88dba41348c3b..6710a8369c8a4 100644
--- a/dev-libs/cdk/cdk-5.0.20230201-r2.ebuild
+++ b/dev-libs/cdk/cdk-5.0.20230201-r2.ebuild
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ src_install() {
 	if use examples ; then
 		local x
 		for x in include c++ demos examples cli cli/utils cli/samples ; do
+			[[ -d ${x} ]] || continue
 			docinto ${x}
 			find ${x} -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 -type f -print0 | xargs -0 dodoc || die
 		done
diff --git a/dev-libs/cdk/cdk-5.0.20230201.ebuild b/dev-libs/cdk/cdk-5.0.20230201.ebuild
index c4e52c32d5ba4..c459570ca3465 100644
--- a/dev-libs/cdk/cdk-5.0.20230201.ebuild
+++ b/dev-libs/cdk/cdk-5.0.20230201.ebuild
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ src_install() {
 	if use examples ; then
 		local x
 		for x in include c++ demos examples cli cli/utils cli/samples ; do
+			[[ -d ${x} ]] || continue
 			docinto ${x}
 			find ${x} -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 -type f -print0 | xargs -0 dodoc || die
 		done
diff --git a/dev-libs/cdk/cdk-5.0.20240331-r1.ebuild b/dev-libs/cdk/cdk-5.0.20240331-r1.ebuild
index e76abb75fa317..36918cd287119 100644
--- a/dev-libs/cdk/cdk-5.0.20240331-r1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-libs/cdk/cdk-5.0.20240331-r1.ebuild
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ src_install() {
 	if use examples ; then
 		local x
 		for x in include c++ demos examples cli cli/utils cli/samples ; do
+			[[ -d ${x} ]] || continue
 			docinto ${x}
 			find ${x} -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 -type f -print0 | xargs -0 dodoc || die
 		done
diff --git a/dev-libs/cdk/cdk-5.0.20240619-r2.ebuild b/dev-libs/cdk/cdk-5.0.20240619-r2.ebuild
index 20b508e7a583f..a7ad13f804f8c 100644
--- a/dev-libs/cdk/cdk-5.0.20240619-r2.ebuild
+++ b/dev-libs/cdk/cdk-5.0.20240619-r2.ebuild
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ src_install() {
 	if use examples ; then
 		local x
 		for x in include c++ demos examples cli cli/utils cli/samples ; do
+			[[ -d ${x} ]] || continue
 			docinto ${x}
 			find ${x} -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 -type f -print0 | xargs -0 dodoc || die
 		done
diff --git a/dev-libs/cdk/cdk-5.0.20250116-r1.ebuild b/dev-libs/cdk/cdk-5.0.20250116-r1.ebuild
index 5cf7ec3c7880f..bcbb43f412e17 100644
--- a/dev-libs/cdk/cdk-5.0.20250116-r1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-libs/cdk/cdk-5.0.20250116-r1.ebuild
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ src_install() {
 	if use examples ; then
 		local x
 		for x in include c++ demos examples cli cli/utils cli/samples ; do
+			[[ -d ${x} ]] || continue
 			docinto ${x}
 			find ${x} -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 -type f -print0 | xargs -0 dodoc || die
 		done