diff --git a/examples/bluetooth/nimble/ble_periodic_adv/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/bluetooth/nimble/ble_periodic_adv/CMakeLists.txt
index a143c9dd24..a11db0a8cb 100644
--- a/examples/bluetooth/nimble/ble_periodic_adv/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/bluetooth/nimble/ble_periodic_adv/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The following lines of boilerplate have to be in your project's
 # CMakeLists in this exact order for cmake to work correctly
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)
-set(EXTRA_COMPONENT_DIRS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/../common/nimble_peripheral_utils)
+set(EXTRA_COMPONENT_DIRS $ENV{IDF_PATH}/examples/bluetooth/nimble/common/nimble_peripheral_utils)
 
 include($ENV{IDF_PATH}/tools/cmake/project.cmake)
 project(ble_periodic_adv)
diff --git a/examples/bluetooth/nimble/ble_periodic_sync/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/bluetooth/nimble/ble_periodic_sync/CMakeLists.txt
index 12971ca736..0cfa53d6f5 100644
--- a/examples/bluetooth/nimble/ble_periodic_sync/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/bluetooth/nimble/ble_periodic_sync/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # The following lines of boilerplate have to be in your project's
 # CMakeLists in this exact order for cmake to work correctly
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)
-set(EXTRA_COMPONENT_DIRS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/../common/nimble_central_utils)
+set(EXTRA_COMPONENT_DIRS $ENV{IDF_PATH}/examples/bluetooth/nimble/common/nimble_central_utils)
 include($ENV{IDF_PATH}/tools/cmake/project.cmake)
 project(ble_periodic_sync)
diff --git a/examples/bluetooth/nimble/blecent/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/bluetooth/nimble/blecent/CMakeLists.txt
index 6b337e7c82..06382888f1 100644
--- a/examples/bluetooth/nimble/blecent/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/bluetooth/nimble/blecent/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # CMakeLists in this exact order for cmake to work correctly
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)
 
-set(EXTRA_COMPONENT_DIRS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/../common/nimble_central_utils)
+set(EXTRA_COMPONENT_DIRS $ENV{IDF_PATH}/examples/bluetooth/nimble/common/nimble_central_utils)
 
 include($ENV{IDF_PATH}/tools/cmake/project.cmake)
 project(blecent)
diff --git a/examples/bluetooth/nimble/bleprph/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/bluetooth/nimble/bleprph/CMakeLists.txt
index 1156a75370..59f9534623 100644
--- a/examples/bluetooth/nimble/bleprph/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/bluetooth/nimble/bleprph/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # CMakeLists in this exact order for cmake to work correctly
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)
 
-set(EXTRA_COMPONENT_DIRS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/../common/nimble_peripheral_utils)
+set(EXTRA_COMPONENT_DIRS $ENV{IDF_PATH}/examples/bluetooth/nimble/common/nimble_peripheral_utils)
 
 include($ENV{IDF_PATH}/tools/cmake/project.cmake)
 project(bleprph)