diff --git a/.gitlab/CODEOWNERS b/.gitlab/CODEOWNERS
index 1e9eb6a421..8bf0d10c27 100644
--- a/.gitlab/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.gitlab/CODEOWNERS
@@ -167,6 +167,7 @@
 /examples/network/            @esp-idf-codeowners/network @esp-idf-codeowners/wifi
 /examples/openthread/         @esp-idf-codeowners/ieee802154
 /examples/peripherals/        @esp-idf-codeowners/peripherals
+/examples/peripherals/usb/    @esp-idf-codeowners/peripherals @esp-idf-codeowners/peripherals/usb
 /examples/protocols/          @esp-idf-codeowners/network @esp-idf-codeowners/app-utilities
 /examples/provisioning/       @esp-idf-codeowners/app-utilities
 /examples/security/           @esp-idf-codeowners/security
diff --git a/examples/peripherals/usb/host/cdc/common/cdc_acm_host/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/peripherals/usb/host/cdc/common/cdc_acm_host/CMakeLists.txt
index 39bec48e25..f2ff73f8fc 100644
--- a/examples/peripherals/usb/host/cdc/common/cdc_acm_host/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/peripherals/usb/host/cdc/common/cdc_acm_host/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
-idf_component_register(SRCS "cdc_acm_host.c"
-                    INCLUDE_DIRS "include"
-                    REQUIRES usb)
+set(srcs)
+set(include)
+# As CONFIG_USB_OTG_SUPPORTED comes from Kconfig, it is not evaluated yet
+# when components are being registered.
+set(require usb)
+
+if(CONFIG_USB_OTG_SUPPORTED)
+    list(APPEND srcs "cdc_acm_host.c")
+    list(APPEND include "include")
+endif()
+
+idf_component_register(SRCS ${srcs}
+                       INCLUDE_DIRS ${include}
+                       REQUIRES ${require}
+                       )