diff --git a/mlir/examples/standalone/CMakeLists.txt b/mlir/examples/standalone/CMakeLists.txt
index 038242ba1437a..42b487fe2d40f 100644
--- a/mlir/examples/standalone/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/mlir/examples/standalone/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17 CACHE STRING "C++ standard to conform to")
 if(CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR STREQUAL CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR)
   find_package(MLIR REQUIRED CONFIG)
 
+
+  # Define the default argument to use by `lit` when testing.
+  set(LLVM_LIT_ARGS "-sv" CACHE STRING "Default options for lit")
+
   message(STATUS "Using MLIRConfig.cmake in: ${MLIR_DIR}")
   message(STATUS "Using LLVMConfig.cmake in: ${LLVM_DIR}")