diff --git a/.github/workflows/examples-efr32.yaml b/.github/workflows/examples-efr32.yaml
index 48665913c4b8c6..084226e14510a0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/examples-efr32.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/examples-efr32.yaml
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build example EFR32+WF200 WiFi Lock app for BRD4161A
         timeout-minutes: 15
         run: |
-          scripts/examples/gn_efr32_example.sh examples/lock-app/silabs/efr32/ out/lock_app_wifi_wf200 BRD4161A is_debug=false chip_logging=false --wifi wf200
+          scripts/examples/gn_efr32_example.sh examples/lock-app/silabs/efr32/ out/lock_app_wifi_wf200 BRD4161A is_debug=false chip_logging=false --wifi wf200 --docker
           .environment/pigweed-venv/bin/python3 scripts/tools/memory/gh_sizes.py efr32 BRD4161A+wf200 lock-app \
             out/lock_app_wifi_wf200/BRD4161A/chip-efr32-lock-example.out /tmp/bloat_reports/
       - name: Clean out build output
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build example EFR32+RS9116 WiFi Lighting app for BRD4161A
         timeout-minutes: 15
         run: |
-          scripts/examples/gn_efr32_example.sh examples/lighting-app/silabs/efr32/ out/lighting_app_wifi_rs9116 BRD4161A --wifi rs9116
+          scripts/examples/gn_efr32_example.sh examples/lighting-app/silabs/efr32/ out/lighting_app_wifi_rs9116 BRD4161A --wifi rs9116 --docker
           .environment/pigweed-venv/bin/python3 scripts/tools/memory/gh_sizes.py efr32 BRD4161A+rs9116 lighting-app \
             out/lighting_app_wifi_rs9116/BRD4161A/chip-efr32-lighting-example.out /tmp/bloat_reports/
       - name: Clean out build output
diff --git a/scripts/examples/gn_efr32_example.sh b/scripts/examples/gn_efr32_example.sh
index 9d69664ea6c786..7cd465102c22ce 100755
--- a/scripts/examples/gn_efr32_example.sh
+++ b/scripts/examples/gn_efr32_example.sh
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ source "$CHIP_ROOT/scripts/activate.sh"
 set -x
 env
 USE_WIFI=false
+USE_DOCKER=false
 USE_GIT_SHA_FOR_VERSION=true
 
 SILABS_THREAD_TARGET=\""../silabs:ot-efr32-cert"\"
@@ -202,7 +203,8 @@ else
                 shift
                 ;;
             --docker)
-                optArgs+="efr32_sdk_root=\"$GSDK_ROOT\" openthread_root=\"$GSDK_ROOT/util/third_party/openthread\""
+                optArgs+="efr32_sdk_root=\"$GSDK_ROOT\" "
+                USE_DOCKER=true
                 shift
                 ;;
             *)
@@ -234,8 +236,11 @@ else
     if [ "$USE_WIFI" == true ]; then
         gn gen --check --fail-on-unused-args --export-compile-commands --root="$ROOT" --dotfile="$ROOT"/build_for_wifi_gnfile.gn --args="silabs_board=\"$SILABS_BOARD\" $optArgs" "$BUILD_DIR"
     else
-        # thread build
-        #
+        # OpenThread build
+        if [ "$USE_DOCKER" == true ]; then
+            optArgs+="openthread_root=\"$GSDK_ROOT/util/third_party/openthread\" "
+        fi
+
         if [ -z "$optArgs" ]; then
             gn gen --check --fail-on-unused-args --export-compile-commands --root="$ROOT" --args="silabs_board=\"$SILABS_BOARD\"" "$BUILD_DIR"
         else
diff --git a/third_party/silabs/lwip.gni b/third_party/silabs/lwip.gni
index 1637b9e5a856b2..9a35e7c45f7a61 100644
--- a/third_party/silabs/lwip.gni
+++ b/third_party/silabs/lwip.gni
@@ -13,13 +13,14 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 import("//build_overrides/efr32_sdk.gni")
 import("//build_overrides/lwip.gni")
+import("${efr32_sdk_build_root}/efr32_sdk.gni")
 
 # Defines a lwIP build target.
 #
 # lwIP depends on external header files to compile. This template defines
 # a combined build of the lwIP sources plus target configuration.
 template("lwip_target") {
-  _lwip_root = "${efr32_sdk_build_root}/gecko_sdk/util/third_party/lwip/lwip"
+  _lwip_root = "${efr32_sdk_root}/util/third_party/lwip/lwip"
 
   lwip_target_name = target_name