diff --git a/components/app_trace/CMakeLists.txt b/components/app_trace/CMakeLists.txt
index 711a50e50a..151015021a 100644
--- a/components/app_trace/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/components/app_trace/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -24,3 +24,5 @@ register_component()
 # disable --coverage for this component, as it is used as transport
 # for gcov
 component_compile_options("-fno-profile-arcs" "-fno-test-coverage")
+
+target_link_libraries(app_trace gcov)
diff --git a/examples/bluetooth/ble_spp_server/sdkconfig.defaults b/examples/bluetooth/ble_spp_server/sdkconfig.defaults
index e435f383c8..12f8a9d8f4 100644
--- a/examples/bluetooth/ble_spp_server/sdkconfig.defaults
+++ b/examples/bluetooth/ble_spp_server/sdkconfig.defaults
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 # BT config
 #
 CONFIG_BT_ENABLED=y
-
 #
 # ESP32-specific config
 #
diff --git a/examples/system/console/main/cmd_system.c b/examples/system/console/main/cmd_system.c
index b656458295..72d7e50fdc 100644
--- a/examples/system/console/main/cmd_system.c
+++ b/examples/system/console/main/cmd_system.c
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ esptool.py v2.1-beta1
 )";
 
     const char* flash_output[] = {
-R"(Flashing binaries to serial port )" CONFIG_ESPTOOLPY_PORT R"( (app at offset 0x10000)...
+R"(Flashing binaries to serial port (*) (app at offset 0x10000)...
 esptool.py v2.1-beta1
 Connecting....
 )",
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ Hard resetting...
 
     const char* monitor_output =
 R"(MONITOR
-)" LOG_COLOR_W R"(--- idf_monitor on )" CONFIG_ESPTOOLPY_PORT R"( 115200 ---
+)" LOG_COLOR_W R"(--- idf_monitor on (*) 115200 ---
 --- Quit: Ctrl+] | Menu: Ctrl+T | Help: Ctrl+T followed by Ctrl+H --
 )" LOG_RESET_COLOR;
 
diff --git a/examples/system/gcov/README.md b/examples/system/gcov/README.md
index 5eefed2d52..1115146cc0 100644
--- a/examples/system/gcov/README.md
+++ b/examples/system/gcov/README.md
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ It will enable coverage info for all source files of your component. If you need
 `gcov_example.o: CFLAGS += --coverage`
 Replace `gcov_example.o` with path to your file.
 
+  For CMake-based build system, use `component_compile_options(--coverage)` or: `  set_source_files_properties(gcov_example.c PROPERTIES COMPILE_FLAGS --coverage`
+
+
 ### Hard-coded Dump Call
 
 This method requires `esp_gcov_dump` to be called from your application's code. Below are additional steps which should be performed after the generic ones to obtain coverage info via hard-coded call. Step 1 is already done for this example project.
diff --git a/examples/system/gcov/main/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/system/gcov/main/CMakeLists.txt
index 170d5c5521..8c9cbd3eaf 100644
--- a/examples/system/gcov/main/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/system/gcov/main/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,3 +3,7 @@ set(COMPONENT_SRCS "gcov_example.c"
 set(COMPONENT_ADD_INCLUDEDIRS ".")
 
 register_component()
+
+set_source_files_properties(gcov_example.c
+    PROPERTIES COMPILE_FLAGS
+    --coverage)
diff --git a/examples/system/ota/native_ota_example/main/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/system/ota/native_ota_example/main/CMakeLists.txt
index f7e58ac26a..0c4aeba941 100644
--- a/examples/system/ota/native_ota_example/main/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/system/ota/native_ota_example/main/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 set(COMPONENT_SRCS "native_ota_example.c")
 set(COMPONENT_ADD_INCLUDEDIRS ".")
 
-
 # Embed the server root certificate into the final binary
 #
 # (If this was a component, we would set COMPONENT_EMBED_TXTFILES here.)
-set(COMPONENT_EMBED_TXTFILES ../../server_certs/ca_cert.pem)
+set(COMPONENT_EMBED_TXTFILES ${IDF_PATH}/examples/system/ota/server_certs/ca_cert.pem)
 
 register_component()
diff --git a/examples/system/ota/simple_ota_example/main/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/system/ota/simple_ota_example/main/CMakeLists.txt
index 6d7b303916..e54d8b2ce4 100644
--- a/examples/system/ota/simple_ota_example/main/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/system/ota/simple_ota_example/main/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ set(COMPONENT_ADD_INCLUDEDIRS ".")
 # Embed the server root certificate into the final binary
 #
 # (If this was a component, we would set COMPONENT_EMBED_TXTFILES here.)
-set(COMPONENT_EMBED_TXTFILES ../../server_certs/ca_cert.pem)
-
+set(COMPONENT_EMBED_TXTFILES ${IDF_PATH}/examples/system/ota/server_certs/ca_cert.pem)
 
 register_component()
diff --git a/examples/wifi/simple_wifi/main/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/wifi/simple_wifi/main/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e7c00ec94c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/wifi/simple_wifi/main/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+set(COMPONENT_SRCS "simple_wifi.c")
+set(COMPONENT_ADD_INCLUDEDIRS ".")
+
+register_component()
diff --git a/tools/ci/build_examples_cmake.sh b/tools/ci/build_examples_cmake.sh
index d86d30fbd9..c796c076b1 100755
--- a/tools/ci/build_examples_cmake.sh
+++ b/tools/ci/build_examples_cmake.sh
@@ -88,8 +88,8 @@ else
     [ -z ${NUM_OF_JOBS} ] && die "NUM_OF_JOBS is bad"
 
     # count number of examples
-    NUM_OF_EXAMPLES=$(echo ${EXAMPLE_PATHS} | wc -l )
-    [ -z ${NUM_OF_EXAMPLES} ] && die "NUM_OF_EXAMPLES is bad"
+    NUM_OF_EXAMPLES=$( echo "${EXAMPLE_PATHS}" | wc -l )
+    [ ${NUM_OF_EXAMPLES} -lt 80 ] && die "NUM_OF_EXAMPLES is bad"
 
     # separate intervals
     #57 / 5 == 12