diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/acts/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/acts/package.py
index 0acd011402..f474b92cc9 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/acts/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/acts/package.py
@@ -243,6 +243,9 @@ class Acts(CMakePackage, CudaPackage):
     variant("tgeo", default=False, description="Build the TGeo plugin", when="+identification")
 
     # Variants that only affect Acts examples for now
+    variant(
+        "binaries", default=False, description="Build the examples binaries", when="@23: +examples"
+    )
     variant(
         "edm4hep",
         default=False,
@@ -384,6 +387,7 @@ def plugin_cmake_variant(plugin_name, spack_variant):
             cmake_variant("ANALYSIS_APPS", "analysis"),
             plugin_cmake_variant("AUTODIFF", "autodiff"),
             cmake_variant("BENCHMARKS", "benchmarks"),
+            example_cmake_variant("BINARIES", "binaries"),
             plugin_cmake_variant("CUDA", "cuda"),
             plugin_cmake_variant("DD4HEP", "dd4hep"),
             example_cmake_variant("DD4HEP", "dd4hep"),