diff --git a/examples/cpp/compression/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/cpp/compression/CMakeLists.txt
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+++ b/examples/cpp/compression/CMakeLists.txt
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+# Copyright 2021 the gRPC authors.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+# cmake build file for C++ helloworld example.
+# Assumes protobuf and gRPC have been installed using cmake.
+# See cmake_externalproject/CMakeLists.txt for all-in-one cmake build
+# that automatically builds all the dependencies before building helloworld.
+
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5.1)
+
+project(Compression C CXX)
+
+include(../cmake/common.cmake)
+
+# Proto file
+get_filename_component(hw_proto "../../protos/helloworld.proto" ABSOLUTE)
+get_filename_component(hw_proto_path "${hw_proto}" PATH)
+
+# Generated sources
+set(hw_proto_srcs "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/helloworld.pb.cc")
+set(hw_proto_hdrs "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/helloworld.pb.h")
+set(hw_grpc_srcs "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/helloworld.grpc.pb.cc")
+set(hw_grpc_hdrs "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/helloworld.grpc.pb.h")
+add_custom_command(
+      OUTPUT "${hw_proto_srcs}" "${hw_proto_hdrs}" "${hw_grpc_srcs}" "${hw_grpc_hdrs}"
+      COMMAND ${_PROTOBUF_PROTOC}
+      ARGS --grpc_out "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}"
+        --cpp_out "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}"
+        -I "${hw_proto_path}"
+        --plugin=protoc-gen-grpc="${_GRPC_CPP_PLUGIN_EXECUTABLE}"
+        "${hw_proto}"
+      DEPENDS "${hw_proto}")
+
+# Include generated *.pb.h files
+include_directories("${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}")
+
+# hw_grpc_proto
+add_library(hw_grpc_proto
+  ${hw_grpc_srcs}
+  ${hw_grpc_hdrs}
+  ${hw_proto_srcs}
+  ${hw_proto_hdrs})
+target_link_libraries(hw_grpc_proto
+  ${_REFLECTION}
+  ${_GRPC_GRPCPP}
+  ${_PROTOBUF_LIBPROTOBUF})
+
+# Targets greeter_(client|server)
+foreach(_target
+  greeter_client greeter_server)
+  add_executable(${_target} "${_target}.cc")
+  target_link_libraries(${_target}
+    hw_grpc_proto
+    ${_REFLECTION}
+    ${_GRPC_GRPCPP}
+    ${_PROTOBUF_LIBPROTOBUF})
+endforeach()
diff --git a/examples/cpp/keyvaluestore/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/cpp/keyvaluestore/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f0de502fbd0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/cpp/keyvaluestore/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+# Copyright 2021 the gRPC authors.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+# cmake build file for C++ keyvaluestore example.
+# Assumes protobuf and gRPC have been installed using cmake.
+# See cmake_externalproject/CMakeLists.txt for all-in-one cmake build
+# that automatically builds all the dependencies before building keyvaluestore.
+
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5.1)
+
+project(KeyValueStore C CXX)
+
+include(../cmake/common.cmake)
+
+# Proto file
+get_filename_component(kvs_proto "../../protos/keyvaluestore.proto" ABSOLUTE)
+get_filename_component(kvs_proto_path "${kvs_proto}" PATH)
+
+# Generated sources
+set(kvs_proto_srcs "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/keyvaluestore.pb.cc")
+set(kvs_proto_hdrs "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/keyvaluestore.pb.h")
+set(kvs_grpc_srcs "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/keyvaluestore.grpc.pb.cc")
+set(kvs_grpc_hdrs "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/keyvaluestore.grpc.pb.h")
+add_custom_command(
+      OUTPUT "${kvs_proto_srcs}" "${kvs_proto_hdrs}" "${kvs_grpc_srcs}" "${kvs_grpc_hdrs}"
+      COMMAND ${_PROTOBUF_PROTOC}
+      ARGS --grpc_out "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}"
+        --cpp_out "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}"
+        -I "${kvs_proto_path}"
+        --plugin=protoc-gen-grpc="${_GRPC_CPP_PLUGIN_EXECUTABLE}"
+        "${kvs_proto}"
+      DEPENDS "${kvs_proto}")
+
+# Include generated *.pb.h files
+include_directories("${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}")
+
+# kvs_grpc_proto
+add_library(kvs_grpc_proto
+  ${kvs_grpc_srcs}
+  ${kvs_grpc_hdrs}
+  ${kvs_proto_srcs}
+  ${kvs_proto_hdrs})
+target_link_libraries(kvs_grpc_proto
+  ${_REFLECTION}
+  ${_GRPC_GRPCPP}
+  ${_PROTOBUF_LIBPROTOBUF})
+
+# client
+add_executable(client "client.cc" "caching_interceptor.h")
+target_link_libraries(client
+  kvs_grpc_proto
+  ${_REFLECTION}
+  ${_GRPC_GRPCPP}
+  ${_PROTOBUF_LIBPROTOBUF})
+
+# server
+add_executable(server "server.cc")
+target_link_libraries(server
+  kvs_grpc_proto
+  ${_REFLECTION}
+  ${_GRPC_GRPCPP}
+  ${_PROTOBUF_LIBPROTOBUF})
diff --git a/examples/cpp/load_balancing/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/cpp/load_balancing/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..126b713172c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/cpp/load_balancing/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+# Copyright 2021 the gRPC authors.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+# cmake build file for C++ helloworld example.
+# Assumes protobuf and gRPC have been installed using cmake.
+# See cmake_externalproject/CMakeLists.txt for all-in-one cmake build
+# that automatically builds all the dependencies before building helloworld.
+
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5.1)
+
+project(LoadBalancing C CXX)
+
+include(../cmake/common.cmake)
+
+# Proto file
+get_filename_component(hw_proto "../../protos/helloworld.proto" ABSOLUTE)
+get_filename_component(hw_proto_path "${hw_proto}" PATH)
+
+# Generated sources
+set(hw_proto_srcs "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/helloworld.pb.cc")
+set(hw_proto_hdrs "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/helloworld.pb.h")
+set(hw_grpc_srcs "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/helloworld.grpc.pb.cc")
+set(hw_grpc_hdrs "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/helloworld.grpc.pb.h")
+add_custom_command(
+      OUTPUT "${hw_proto_srcs}" "${hw_proto_hdrs}" "${hw_grpc_srcs}" "${hw_grpc_hdrs}"
+      COMMAND ${_PROTOBUF_PROTOC}
+      ARGS --grpc_out "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}"
+        --cpp_out "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}"
+        -I "${hw_proto_path}"
+        --plugin=protoc-gen-grpc="${_GRPC_CPP_PLUGIN_EXECUTABLE}"
+        "${hw_proto}"
+      DEPENDS "${hw_proto}")
+
+# Include generated *.pb.h files
+include_directories("${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}")
+
+# hw_grpc_proto
+add_library(hw_grpc_proto
+  ${hw_grpc_srcs}
+  ${hw_grpc_hdrs}
+  ${hw_proto_srcs}
+  ${hw_proto_hdrs})
+target_link_libraries(hw_grpc_proto
+  ${_REFLECTION}
+  ${_GRPC_GRPCPP}
+  ${_PROTOBUF_LIBPROTOBUF})
+
+# Targets greeter_(client|server)
+foreach(_target
+  greeter_client greeter_server)
+  add_executable(${_target} "${_target}.cc")
+  target_link_libraries(${_target}
+    hw_grpc_proto
+    ${_REFLECTION}
+    ${_GRPC_GRPCPP}
+    ${_PROTOBUF_LIBPROTOBUF})
+endforeach()
diff --git a/examples/cpp/metadata/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/cpp/metadata/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..48d6f178e55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/cpp/metadata/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+# Copyright 2021 the gRPC authors.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+# cmake build file for C++ helloworld example.
+# Assumes protobuf and gRPC have been installed using cmake.
+# See cmake_externalproject/CMakeLists.txt for all-in-one cmake build
+# that automatically builds all the dependencies before building helloworld.
+
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5.1)
+
+project(Metadata C CXX)
+
+include(../cmake/common.cmake)
+
+# Proto file
+get_filename_component(hw_proto "../../protos/helloworld.proto" ABSOLUTE)
+get_filename_component(hw_proto_path "${hw_proto}" PATH)
+
+# Generated sources
+set(hw_proto_srcs "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/helloworld.pb.cc")
+set(hw_proto_hdrs "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/helloworld.pb.h")
+set(hw_grpc_srcs "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/helloworld.grpc.pb.cc")
+set(hw_grpc_hdrs "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/helloworld.grpc.pb.h")
+add_custom_command(
+      OUTPUT "${hw_proto_srcs}" "${hw_proto_hdrs}" "${hw_grpc_srcs}" "${hw_grpc_hdrs}"
+      COMMAND ${_PROTOBUF_PROTOC}
+      ARGS --grpc_out "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}"
+        --cpp_out "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}"
+        -I "${hw_proto_path}"
+        --plugin=protoc-gen-grpc="${_GRPC_CPP_PLUGIN_EXECUTABLE}"
+        "${hw_proto}"
+      DEPENDS "${hw_proto}")
+
+# Include generated *.pb.h files
+include_directories("${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}")
+
+# hw_grpc_proto
+add_library(hw_grpc_proto
+  ${hw_grpc_srcs}
+  ${hw_grpc_hdrs}
+  ${hw_proto_srcs}
+  ${hw_proto_hdrs})
+target_link_libraries(hw_grpc_proto
+  ${_REFLECTION}
+  ${_GRPC_GRPCPP}
+  ${_PROTOBUF_LIBPROTOBUF})
+
+# Targets greeter_(client|server)
+foreach(_target
+  greeter_client greeter_server)
+  add_executable(${_target} "${_target}.cc")
+  target_link_libraries(${_target}
+    hw_grpc_proto
+    ${_REFLECTION}
+    ${_GRPC_GRPCPP}
+    ${_PROTOBUF_LIBPROTOBUF})
+endforeach()