diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-artifact.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-artifact.yaml
index ea0a012949f..f0dad00701a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-artifact.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-artifact.yaml
@@ -137,8 +137,7 @@ jobs:
             # NOTE: may be inaccurate if we have >1 build runner on the same machine, using the same local cache
             ccache -z
 
-            # Disable Unity builds to detect any bitrot from not building each TU independently
-            build_command="./build_metal.sh --build-type ${{ inputs.build-type }} --build-all --enable-ccache --disable-unity-builds"
+            build_command="./build_metal.sh --build-type ${{ inputs.build-type }} --build-all --enable-ccache"
             echo "${{ inputs.tracy }}"
             if [ "${{ inputs.tracy }}" = "true" ]; then
               build_command="$build_command --enable-profiler"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yaml b/.github/workflows/build.yaml
index 329fddf8acc..3d654358041 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yaml
@@ -43,9 +43,8 @@ jobs:
             -e ARCH_NAME=${{ matrix.arch }}
           docker_os_arch: ${{ matrix.build.os }}-amd64
           run_args: |
-            nice -n 19 cmake -B build -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${{ matrix.build.type }} -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=${{ matrix.build.cxx_compiler }} -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=${{ matrix.build.c_compiler }} -G Ninja -DTT_METAL_BUILD_TESTS=ON -DTTNN_BUILD_TESTS=ON -DTT_UMD_BUILD_TESTS=ON
-            nice -n 19 cmake --build build
-
+            build_command="./build_metal.sh --build-type ${{ matrix.build.type }} --cxx-compiler-path ${{ matrix.build.cxx_compiler }} --c-compiler-path ${{ matrix.build.c_compiler }} --build-tests --build-programming-examples --disable-unity-builds"
+            nice -n 19 $build_command
       - name: Check disk space
         run: |
           df -h
diff --git a/build_metal.sh b/build_metal.sh
index b021b6ed543..2d9aebf7780 100755
--- a/build_metal.sh
+++ b/build_metal.sh
@@ -22,12 +22,15 @@ show_help() {
     echo "  --build-umd-tests                Build umd Testcases."
     echo "  --build-programming-examples     Build programming examples."
     echo "  --build-tt-train                 Build tt-train."
+    echo "  --build-all                      Build all optional components."
     echo "  --release                        Set the build type as Release."
     echo "  --development                    Set the build type as RelWithDebInfo."
     echo "  --debug                          Set the build type as Debug."
     echo "  --clean                          Remove build workspaces."
     echo "  --build-static-libs              Build tt_metal (not ttnn) as a static lib (BUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF)"
     echo "  --disable-unity-builds           Disable Unity builds"
+    echo "  --cxx-compiler-path              Set path to C++ compiler."
+    echo "  --c-compiler-path                Set path to C++ compiler."
 }
 
 clean() {
@@ -54,11 +57,13 @@ build_tt_train="OFF"
 build_static_libs="OFF"
 unity_builds="ON"
 build_all="OFF"
+cxx_compiler_path=""
+c_compiler_path=""
 
 declare -a cmake_args
 
 OPTIONS=h,e,c,t,a,m,s,u,b:,p
-LONGOPTIONS=help,build-all,export-compile-commands,enable-ccache,enable-time-trace,enable-asan,enable-msan,enable-tsan,enable-ubsan,build-type:,enable-profiler,install-prefix:,build-tests,build-ttnn-tests,build-metal-tests,build-umd-tests,build-programming-examples,build-tt-train,build-static-libs,disable-unity-builds,release,development,debug,clean
+LONGOPTIONS=help,build-all,export-compile-commands,enable-ccache,enable-time-trace,enable-asan,enable-msan,enable-tsan,enable-ubsan,build-type:,enable-profiler,install-prefix:,build-tests,build-ttnn-tests,build-metal-tests,build-umd-tests,build-programming-examples,build-tt-train,build-static-libs,disable-unity-builds,release,development,debug,clean,cxx-compiler-path:,c-compiler-path:
 
 # Parse the options
 PARSED=$(getopt --options=$OPTIONS --longoptions=$LONGOPTIONS --name "$0" -- "$@")
@@ -112,6 +117,10 @@ while true; do
             build_all="ON";;
         --disable-unity-builds)
 	    unity_builds="OFF";;
+        --cxx-compiler-path)
+            cxx_compiler_path="$2";shift;;
+        --c-compiler-path)
+            c_compiler_path="$2";shift;;
         --release)
             build_type="Release";;
         --development)
@@ -175,6 +184,15 @@ cmake_args+=("-G" "Ninja")
 cmake_args+=("-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=$build_type")
 cmake_args+=("-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$cmake_install_prefix")
 
+if [ "$cxx_compiler_path" != "" ]; then
+    echo "INFO: C++ compiler: $cxx_compiler_path"
+    cmake_args+=("-DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=$cxx_compiler_path")
+fi
+if [ "$c_compiler_path" != "" ]; then
+    echo "INFO: C compiler: $c_compiler_path"
+    cmake_args+=("-DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=$c_compiler_path")
+fi
+
 if [ "$enable_ccache" = "ON" ]; then
     cmake_args+=("-DCMAKE_DISABLE_PRECOMPILE_HEADERS=TRUE")
     cmake_args+=("-DENABLE_CCACHE=TRUE")