diff --git a/backends/xnnpack/README.md b/backends/xnnpack/README.md
index 411bec99d79..6e6be7ddb4c 100644
--- a/backends/xnnpack/README.md
+++ b/backends/xnnpack/README.md
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ mkdir cmake-out
 cmake \
     -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=cmake-out \
     -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
+    -DEXECUTORCH_BUILD_EXECUTOR_RUNNER=ON \
     -DEXECUTORCH_BUILD_EXTENSION_DATA_LOADER=ON \
     -DEXECUTORCH_BUILD_EXTENSION_MODULE=ON \
     -DEXECUTORCH_BUILD_EXTENSION_TENSOR=ON \
diff --git a/docs/source/tutorial-xnnpack-delegate-lowering.md b/docs/source/tutorial-xnnpack-delegate-lowering.md
index bbda61aadd8..04cab007f65 100644
--- a/docs/source/tutorial-xnnpack-delegate-lowering.md
+++ b/docs/source/tutorial-xnnpack-delegate-lowering.md
@@ -154,6 +154,7 @@ mkdir cmake-out
 cmake \
     -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=cmake-out \
     -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
+    -DEXECUTORCH_BUILD_EXECUTOR_RUNNER=ON \
     -DEXECUTORCH_BUILD_EXTENSION_DATA_LOADER=ON \
     -DEXECUTORCH_BUILD_EXTENSION_MODULE=ON \
     -DEXECUTORCH_BUILD_EXTENSION_TENSOR=ON \
diff --git a/examples/xnnpack/README.md b/examples/xnnpack/README.md
index 6fe1f0488b2..ad09bb90d37 100644
--- a/examples/xnnpack/README.md
+++ b/examples/xnnpack/README.md
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ mkdir cmake-out
 cmake \
     -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=cmake-out \
     -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
+    -DEXECUTORCH_BUILD_EXECUTOR_RUNNER=ON \
     -DEXECUTORCH_BUILD_EXTENSION_DATA_LOADER=ON \
     -DEXECUTORCH_BUILD_EXTENSION_MODULE=ON \
     -DEXECUTORCH_BUILD_EXTENSION_TENSOR=ON \