diff --git a/cmake/QtBuildOptionsHelpers.cmake b/cmake/QtBuildOptionsHelpers.cmake
index 81166a7f263..6f795e2ec2b 100644
--- a/cmake/QtBuildOptionsHelpers.cmake
+++ b/cmake/QtBuildOptionsHelpers.cmake
@@ -323,6 +323,9 @@ macro(qt_internal_setup_build_examples)
             "Should examples be built as part of the default 'all' target." FORCE)
     endif()
 
+    option(QT_DEPLOY_MINIMAL_EXAMPLES
+        "Deploy minimal subset of examples to save time and space" OFF)
+
     # FIXME: Support prefix builds as well QTBUG-96232
     # We don't want to enable EP examples with -debug-and-release because starting with CMake 3.24
     # ExternalProject_Add ends up creating build rules twice, once for each configuration, in the
diff --git a/cmake/QtBuildRepoExamplesHelpers.cmake b/cmake/QtBuildRepoExamplesHelpers.cmake
index 5261dd90a1f..b6e47430c5a 100644
--- a/cmake/QtBuildRepoExamplesHelpers.cmake
+++ b/cmake/QtBuildRepoExamplesHelpers.cmake
@@ -11,6 +11,14 @@ macro(qt_examples_build_begin)
     # Examples are not unity-ready.
     set(CMAKE_UNITY_BUILD OFF)
 
+    # Skip running deployment steps when the developer asked to deploy a minimal subset of examples.
+    # Each example can then decide whether it wants to be deployed as part of the minimal subset
+    # by unsetting the QT_INTERNAL_SKIP_DEPLOYMENT variable before its qt_internal_add_example call.
+    # This will be used by our CI.
+    if(NOT DEFINED QT_INTERNAL_SKIP_DEPLOYMENT AND QT_DEPLOY_MINIMAL_EXAMPLES)
+        set(QT_INTERNAL_SKIP_DEPLOYMENT TRUE)
+    endif()
+
     # Use by qt_internal_add_example.
     set(QT_EXAMPLE_BASE_DIR "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}")
 
@@ -407,6 +415,7 @@ function(qt_internal_add_example_external_project subdir)
         QT_BUILD_CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH:STRING
         QT_ADDITIONAL_PACKAGES_PREFIX_PATH:STRING
         QT_ADDITIONAL_QML_PLUGIN_GLOB_PREFIXES:STRING
+        QT_INTERNAL_SKIP_DEPLOYMENT:BOOL
         CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH:STRING
         CMAKE_MODULE_PATH:STRING
         BUILD_SHARED_LIBS:BOOL
diff --git a/coin/instructions/prepare_building_env.yaml b/coin/instructions/prepare_building_env.yaml
index d1517dce09d..a3ac5c3f0b8 100644
--- a/coin/instructions/prepare_building_env.yaml
+++ b/coin/instructions/prepare_building_env.yaml
@@ -536,6 +536,8 @@ instructions:
 
   # Specify a custom examples installation directory, so that the built example binaries are not
   # packaged into the artifact archive together with the Qt libraries.
+  # Also specify that during examples deployment, only a subset of examples should be deployed, to
+  # save time and space.
   - type: Group
     instructions:
       - type: AppendToEnvironmentVariable
@@ -544,6 +546,12 @@ instructions:
       - type: AppendToEnvironmentVariable
         variableName: COMMON_TARGET_CMAKE_ARGS
         variableValue: " -DQT_INTERNAL_EXAMPLES_INSTALL_PREFIX={{unixPathSeparators .BuildDir}}/installed_examples"
+      - type: AppendToEnvironmentVariable
+        variableName: COMMON_CMAKE_ARGS
+        variableValue: " -DQT_DEPLOY_MINIMAL_EXAMPLES=ON"
+      - type: AppendToEnvironmentVariable
+        variableName: COMMON_TARGET_CMAKE_ARGS
+        variableValue: " -DQT_DEPLOY_MINIMAL_EXAMPLES=ON"
       - type: Group
         instructions:
           - type: AppendToEnvironmentVariable