diff --git a/examples/cpp/flow_control/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/cpp/flow_control/CMakeLists.txt
index f580f158958..056172f9f8d 100644
--- a/examples/cpp/flow_control/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/cpp/flow_control/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -50,3 +50,18 @@ target_compile_definitions(flow_control PRIVATE
 target_link_libraries(flow_control fastdds fastcdr foonathan_memory)
 install(TARGETS flow_control
     RUNTIME DESTINATION ${DATA_INSTALL_DIR}/fastdds/examples/cpp/flow_control/${BIN_INSTALL_DIR})
+
+# Copy the XML files over to the build directory
+file(GLOB_RECURSE XML_FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/*.xml)
+# for each xml file detected
+foreach(XML_FILE_COMPLETE_PATH ${XML_FILES})
+    # obtain the file name
+    get_filename_component(XML_FILE ${XML_FILE_COMPLETE_PATH} NAME_WE)
+    # copy the file from src to build folders
+    configure_file(
+        ${XML_FILE_COMPLETE_PATH}                   # from full src path
+        ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${XML_FILE}.xml # to relative build path
+        COPYONLY)
+    install(FILES ${XML_FILE_COMPLETE_PATH}
+        DESTINATION ${DATA_INSTALL_DIR}/fastdds/examples/cpp/flow_control/${BIN_INSTALL_DIR})
+endforeach()
diff --git a/test/examples/flow_control.compose.yml b/test/examples/flow_control.compose.yml
index c92f492b1e5..7a048e51d82 100644
--- a/test/examples/flow_control.compose.yml
+++ b/test/examples/flow_control.compose.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ services:
       LD_LIBRARY_PATH: @PROJECT_BINARY_DIR@/src/cpp:@fastcdr_LIB_DIR@@TINYXML2_LIB_DIR_COMPOSE_LD_LIBRARY_PATH@
       EXAMPLE_DIR: @PROJECT_BINARY_DIR@/examples/cpp/flow_control@FILE_EXTENSION@
       FASTDDS_DEFAULT_PROFILES_FILE: @PROJECT_BINARY_DIR@/examples/cpp/flow_control/flow_control_profile.xml
-    command: @SHELL_EXECUTABLE@ -c "$${EXAMPLE_DIR}/flow_control@FILE_EXTENSION@ subscriber  --samples 10"
+    command: @SHELL_EXECUTABLE@ -c "$${EXAMPLE_DIR}/flow_control@FILE_EXTENSION@ subscriber --samples 10"
 
   publisher:
     image: @DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME@