diff --git a/components/sock_utils/examples/simple/CMakeLists.txt b/components/sock_utils/examples/simple/CMakeLists.txt
index c450c72c1..b4439fcf9 100644
--- a/components/sock_utils/examples/simple/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/components/sock_utils/examples/simple/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,4 +5,5 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)
 
 include($ENV{IDF_PATH}/tools/cmake/project.cmake)
+idf_build_set_property(MINIMAL_BUILD ON)
 project(sock_utils_example)