diff --git a/samples/Kconfig b/samples/Kconfig
index 0cbb6146f3cf..953abbdebf7b 100644
--- a/samples/Kconfig
+++ b/samples/Kconfig
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ config SAMPLE_VFIO_MDEV_MBOCHS
 
 config SAMPLE_ANDROID_BINDERFS
 	bool "Build Android binderfs example"
-	depends on ANDROID_BINDERFS
+	depends on CC_CAN_LINK && HEADERS_INSTALL
 	help
 	  Builds a sample program to illustrate the use of the Android binderfs
 	  filesystem.
diff --git a/samples/Makefile b/samples/Makefile
index 29c66aadd954..4029d207cebb 100644
--- a/samples/Makefile
+++ b/samples/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Makefile for Linux samples code
 
 subdir-$(CONFIG_SAMPLE_AUXDISPLAY)	+= auxdisplay
-obj-$(CONFIG_SAMPLE_ANDROID_BINDERFS)	+= binderfs/
+subdir-$(CONFIG_SAMPLE_ANDROID_BINDERFS) += binderfs
 obj-$(CONFIG_SAMPLE_CONFIGFS)		+= configfs/
 obj-$(CONFIG_SAMPLE_CONNECTOR)		+= connector/
 subdir-$(CONFIG_SAMPLE_HIDRAW)		+= hidraw
diff --git a/samples/binderfs/Makefile b/samples/binderfs/Makefile
index a3ac5476338a..989e4badaee2 100644
--- a/samples/binderfs/Makefile
+++ b/samples/binderfs/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
-ifndef CROSS_COMPILE
-ifdef CONFIG_SAMPLE_ANDROID_BINDERFS
-hostprogs := binderfs_example
-endif
-endif
+userprogs := binderfs_example
+always-y := $(userprogs)
+
+userccflags += -I usr/include
diff --git a/samples/binderfs/binderfs_example.c b/samples/binderfs/binderfs_example.c
index 5bbd2ebc0aea..0fd92cdda460 100644
--- a/samples/binderfs/binderfs_example.c
+++ b/samples/binderfs/binderfs_example.c
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
 	int fd, ret, saved_errno;
-	size_t len;
 	struct binderfs_device device = { 0 };
 
 	ret = unshare(CLONE_NEWNS);