diff --git a/samples/Kconfig b/samples/Kconfig
index 2560e87c9cae67772e83682fb3878c2e06490d07..08f2d025ca05d0a9375cffaea5bb97ca7ccc27f3 100644
--- a/samples/Kconfig
+++ b/samples/Kconfig
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ config SAMPLE_CONNECTOR
 
 config SAMPLE_HIDRAW
 	bool "hidraw sample"
-	depends on HEADERS_INSTALL
+	depends on CC_CAN_LINK && HEADERS_INSTALL
 
 config SAMPLE_PIDFD
 	bool "pidfd sample"
diff --git a/samples/hidraw/Makefile b/samples/hidraw/Makefile
index 8bd25f77671f48b1a4ccd88eaeed7947a3476418..d2c77ed60b39fb7040f48d59ed0aca1fd9022d3f 100644
--- a/samples/hidraw/Makefile
+++ b/samples/hidraw/Makefile
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
-# List of programs to build
-hostprogs := hid-example
-always-y := $(hostprogs)
+userprogs := hid-example
+always-y := $(userprogs)
 
-HOSTCFLAGS_hid-example.o += -I$(objtree)/usr/include
-
-all: hid-example
+userccflags += -I usr/include