diff --git a/packages/rn-tester/NativeCxxModuleExample/CMakeLists.txt b/packages/rn-tester/NativeCxxModuleExample/CMakeLists.txt
index ce1fa2d8980137..79c30443a3475e 100644
--- a/packages/rn-tester/NativeCxxModuleExample/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/packages/rn-tester/NativeCxxModuleExample/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -20,10 +20,17 @@ file(GLOB nativecxxmoduleexample_SRC CONFIGURE_DEPENDS *.cpp)
 add_library(nativecxxmoduleexample STATIC ${nativecxxmoduleexample_SRC})
 
 target_include_directories(nativecxxmoduleexample PUBLIC .)
-target_include_directories(react_codegen_AppSpecs PUBLIC .)
 
 target_link_libraries(nativecxxmoduleexample
         fbjni
         jsi
-        react_nativemodule_core
-        react_codegen_AppSpecs)
+        react_nativemodule_core)
+
+# For Gradle Syncs (i.e. when you first open the project in Android Studio),
+# the react_codegen_AppSpecs target is not existing yet as it's generated by
+# Codegen. Therefore skip the linking with that library if it's missing in the
+# CMake dependency Graph. It will be included anyway in the final build.
+if (TARGET react_codegen_AppSpecs)
+    target_include_directories(react_codegen_AppSpecs PUBLIC .)
+    target_link_libraries(nativecxxmoduleexample react_codegen_AppSpecs)
+endif ()