diff --git a/ci/build_cpp.sh b/ci/build_cpp.sh
index 92c8a28e75..619d3a6234 100755
--- a/ci/build_cpp.sh
+++ b/ci/build_cpp.sh
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ cmake -G "${CMAKE_GENERATOR:-Ninja}" \
       -Dvt_tests_num_nodes="${VT_TESTS_NUM_NODES:-}" \
       -Dvt_external_fmt="${VT_EXTERNAL_FMT:-0}" \
       -Dvt_no_color_enabled="${VT_NO_COLOR_ENABLED:-0}" \
+      -Dvt_test_lb_schema="${TEST_LB_SCHEMA:-0}" \
       -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD="${CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD:-17}" \
       -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS="${BUILD_SHARED_LIBS:-0}" \
       "$VT"
diff --git a/cmake/configure_options.cmake b/cmake/configure_options.cmake
index edf15845bf..8927d0873b 100644
--- a/cmake/configure_options.cmake
+++ b/cmake/configure_options.cmake
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ define_option(vt_werror_enabled "-Werror" "Build VT with -Werror enabled" OFF em
 define_option(vt_build_tests "tests" "Build VT tests" ON empty_feature)
 define_option(vt_build_tools "tools" "Build VT tools" ON empty_feature)
 define_option(vt_build_examples "examples" "Build VT examples" ON empty_feature)
+define_option(vt_test_lb_schema "lb schema tests" "Enable testing of LBDatafile schema" OFF empty_feature)
 
 option(vt_external_fmt "Build VT with external fmt" OFF)
 if(${vt_external_fmt})
diff --git a/cmake/test_vt.cmake b/cmake/test_vt.cmake
index 8412dcc412..2fb7af5ce1 100644
--- a/cmake/test_vt.cmake
+++ b/cmake/test_vt.cmake
@@ -17,16 +17,20 @@ function(run_executable_with_mpi)
     WRAPPER_EXECUTABLE
   )
   set(
-    multiValueArg
+    multiValueArgs
     TARGET_ARGS
     WRAPPER_ARGS
   )
-  set(allKeywords ${noValOption} ${singleValArg} ${multiValueArg})
 
   cmake_parse_arguments(
     ARG "${noValOption}" "${singleValArg}" "${multiValueArgs}" ${ARGN}
   )
 
+  # Stop the configurtion if there are any unparsed arguments
+  if (ARG_UNPARSED_ARGUMENTS)
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "found unparsed arguments: ${ARG_UNPARSED_ARGUMENTS}")
+  endif()
+
   if (NOT DEFINED ARG_EXECUTE_WITH_WRAPPER)
     set(ARG_WRAPPER_EXECUTABLE "")
     set(ARG_WRAPPER_ARGS "")
@@ -108,6 +112,16 @@ macro(add_test_for_example_vt test_target test_exec test_list)
         list(APPEND EXEC_ARGS "--vt_trace")
     endif()
 
+    # Append parameters required for the examples to output LBDatafiles.
+    if (vt_test_lb_schema)
+      list(APPEND EXEC_ARGS
+        "--vt_lb_interval=1"
+        "--vt_lb_data"
+        "--vt_lb_data_compress=false"
+        "--vt_lb_data_file=${test_name}_${PROC}_LBDatafile.%p.json"  
+        "--vt_lb_data_dir=.")
+    endif()
+
     run_executable_with_mpi(
       TARGET_EXECUTABLE            ${test_name}
       TARGET_ARGS                  ${EXEC_ARGS}