diff --git a/scripts/cmake/common_user_options.cmake b/scripts/cmake/common_user_options.cmake
index 36426a8..7a0b068 100644
--- a/scripts/cmake/common_user_options.cmake
+++ b/scripts/cmake/common_user_options.cmake
@@ -77,6 +77,10 @@
     ON
     BOOL)
 
+USER_OPTION(USE_SINGLE_INPUT "Select if a use case should execute using a default known input file"
+    OFF
+    BOOL)
+
 if (NOT TARGET_PLATFORM STREQUAL native)
 
     USER_OPTION(CMSIS_SRC_PATH
diff --git a/scripts/cmake/util_functions.cmake b/scripts/cmake/util_functions.cmake
index 25f9731..9aa19b9 100644
--- a/scripts/cmake/util_functions.cmake
+++ b/scripts/cmake/util_functions.cmake
@@ -212,3 +212,17 @@
     endif ()
 
 endfunction()
+
+function(set_input_file_path_user_option file_extension use_case)
+    if(NOT USE_SINGLE_INPUT)
+        USER_OPTION(${use_case}_FILE_PATH "Directory with custom input files, or path to a single input file, to use in the evaluation application."
+                ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/resources/${use_case}/samples/
+                PATH_OR_FILE)
+    else()
+        file(GLOB_RECURSE INPUTS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/resources/${use_case}/samples/*${file_extension})
+        list (GET INPUTS 0 FIRST_INPUT_FILE)
+        USER_OPTION(${use_case}_FILE_PATH "Directory with custom input files, or path to a single input file, to use in the evaluation application."
+                ${FIRST_INPUT_FILE}
+                PATH_OR_FILE)
+    endif()
+endfunction()
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