diff --git a/apps/example/src/app/app.component.ts b/apps/example/src/app/app.component.ts
index 37a726b..4edcf1f 100644
--- a/apps/example/src/app/app.component.ts
+++ b/apps/example/src/app/app.component.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ import { RouterLink, RouterOutlet } from '@angular/router';
         <li>
           <a routerLink="multi-page-form">Multipage form</a>
         </li>
+        <li>
+          <a routerLink="form-with-cva">Form with CVA</a>
+        </li>
       </ul>
     </nav>
     <router-outlet />
diff --git a/apps/example/src/app/app.routes.ts b/apps/example/src/app/app.routes.ts
index fd753da..95b975c 100644
--- a/apps/example/src/app/app.routes.ts
+++ b/apps/example/src/app/app.routes.ts
@@ -18,4 +18,8 @@ export const routes: Routes = [
     path: 'multi-page-form',
     loadChildren: () => import('./multi-page-form/multi-page-form.routes'),
   },
+  {
+    path: 'form-with-cva',
+    loadComponent: () => import('./form-with-cva/form-with-cva.component'),
+  },
 ];
diff --git a/apps/example/src/app/form-with-cva/address/address.component.ts b/apps/example/src/app/form-with-cva/address/address.component.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3d7e69f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/example/src/app/form-with-cva/address/address.component.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+import { CommonModule } from '@angular/common';
+import {
+  ChangeDetectionStrategy,
+  Component,
+  forwardRef, effect
+} from '@angular/core';
+import {
+  ControlValueAccessor,
+  FormsModule,
+  NG_VALUE_ACCESSOR
+} from '@angular/forms';
+import { createFormField, createFormGroup, SignalInputDirective, V } from '@ng-signal-forms';
+import { Address } from './address';
+
+@Component({
+  selector: 'app-address',
+  standalone: true,
+  imports: [CommonModule, SignalInputDirective, FormsModule],
+  providers: [
+    {
+      provide: NG_VALUE_ACCESSOR,
+      useExisting: forwardRef(() => AddressComponent),
+      multi: true
+    }
+  ],
+  template: `
+    <div>
+      <div>
+        <label>Street</label>
+        <input type="text" ngModel [formField]="formGroup.controls.street" />
+      </div>
+      <div>
+        <label>Zip</label>
+        <input type="text" ngModel [formField]="formGroup.controls.zip" />
+      </div>
+      <div>
+        <label>City</label>
+        <input type="text" ngModel [formField]="formGroup.controls.city" />
+      </div>
+      <div>
+        <label>Country</label>
+        <input type="text" ngModel [formField]="formGroup.controls.country" />
+      </div>
+    </div>`,
+  changeDetection: ChangeDetectionStrategy.OnPush
+})
+export class AddressComponent
+  implements ControlValueAccessor {
+  onChange: any;
+  onTouched: any;
+  formGroup = createFormGroup({
+    street: createFormField(undefined as undefined | string, { validators: [V.minLength(3)] }),
+    zip: createFormField(undefined as undefined | string, { validators: [V.minLength(3)] }),
+    city: createFormField(undefined as undefined | string, { validators: [V.minLength(3)] }),
+    country: createFormField(undefined as undefined | string, { validators: [V.minLength(3)] })
+  });
+
+  change = effect(() => {
+    this.onChange(this.formGroup.value());
+  }, { allowSignalWrites: true });
+
+  registerOnChange(onChange: any): void {
+    this.onChange = onChange;
+  }
+
+  registerOnTouched(onTouched: any): void {
+    this.onTouched = onTouched;
+  }
+
+  writeValue(obj: Address): void {
+    // TODO: obj should receive values from parent
+    if (obj) {
+      this.formGroup.controls.street.value.set(obj.street);
+      this.formGroup.controls.zip.value.set(obj.zip);
+      this.formGroup.controls.city.value.set(obj.city);
+      this.formGroup.controls.country.value.set(obj.country);
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/apps/example/src/app/form-with-cva/address/address.ts b/apps/example/src/app/form-with-cva/address/address.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..091faec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/example/src/app/form-with-cva/address/address.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+export interface Address {
+  street?: string;
+  zip?: string;
+  city?: string;
+  country?: string;
+}
diff --git a/apps/example/src/app/form-with-cva/form-with-cva.component.ts b/apps/example/src/app/form-with-cva/form-with-cva.component.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..da6ae5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/example/src/app/form-with-cva/form-with-cva.component.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+import { JsonPipe, NgFor, NgIf } from '@angular/common';
+import { Component, effect } from '@angular/core';
+import { FormsModule } from '@angular/forms';
+import {
+  createFormGroup,
+  SignalInputDebounceDirective,
+  SignalInputDirective,
+  SignalInputErrorDirective,
+  withErrorComponent
+} from '@ng-signal-forms';
+import { CustomErrorComponent } from '../custom-input-error.component';
+import { AddressComponent } from './address/address.component';
+
+@Component({
+  selector: 'app-basic-form',
+  template: `
+    <div class="container">
+      <div>
+        <div>
+          <label>Name</label>
+          <input ngModel [formField]="form.controls.name" />
+        </div>
+
+        <div>
+          <label>Age</label>
+          <input type="number" ngModel [formField]="form.controls.age" />
+        </div>
+
+        <div>
+          <app-address ngModel [formField]="form.controls.address" />
+        </div>
+      </div>
+
+      <div>
+        <button (click)="reset()">Reset form</button>
+        <button (click)="prefill()">Prefill form</button>
+
+        <h3>States</h3>
+        <pre
+          >{{
+            {
+              state: form.state(),
+              dirtyState: form.dirtyState(),
+              touchedState: form.touchedState(),
+              valid: form.valid()
+            } | json
+          }}
+    </pre>
+
+        <h3>Value</h3>
+        <pre>{{ form.value() | json }}</pre>
+
+        <h3>Errors</h3>
+        <pre>{{ form.errorsArray() | json }}</pre>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  `,
+  standalone: true,
+  imports: [
+    JsonPipe,
+    FormsModule,
+    SignalInputDirective,
+    SignalInputErrorDirective,
+    NgIf,
+    NgFor,
+    SignalInputDebounceDirective,
+    AddressComponent,
+  ],
+  providers: [withErrorComponent(CustomErrorComponent)],
+})
+export default class FormWithCvaComponent {
+  // TODO: type of address should be Address | null
+  form = createFormGroup({
+    name: 'Alice',
+    age: null as number | null,
+    // TODO: this should a form group so the initial value will be set in the form
+    // but if we make this a group now, then the user input is not emitted back to the form
+    address: { city: 'Vienna'} as any
+  });
+
+  formChanged = effect(() => {
+    console.log('form changed:', this.form.value());
+  });
+
+  reset() {
+    this.form.reset();
+  }
+
+  prefill() {
+    // TODO: improve this API to set form groups
+    this.form.controls.age.value.set(42);
+    this.form.controls.name.value.set('Bob');
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/platform/src/lib/signal-input.directive.ts b/packages/platform/src/lib/signal-input.directive.ts
index 344f428..db9f320 100644
--- a/packages/platform/src/lib/signal-input.directive.ts
+++ b/packages/platform/src/lib/signal-input.directive.ts
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ import { SIGNAL_INPUT_MODIFIER, SignalInputModifier } from "./signal-input-modif
     '[class.ng-dirty]': 'this.formField?.dirtyState() === "DIRTY"',
     '[class.ng-touched]': 'this.formField?.touchedState() === "TOUCHED"',
     '[class.ng-untouched]': 'this.formField?.touchedState() === "UNTOUCHED"',
-    '[attr.disabled]': '!propagateState ? undefined : this.formField?.disabled() ? true : undefined',
-    '[attr.readonly]': '!propagateState ? undefined : this.formField?.readOnly() ? true : undefined',
+    '[attr.disabled]': '!propagateState ? undefined : this.formField?.disabled?.() ? true : undefined',
+    '[attr.readonly]': '!propagateState ? undefined : this.formField?.readOnly?.() ? true : undefined',
   },
 })
 export class SignalInputDirective implements OnInit {
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ export class SignalInputDirective implements OnInit {
   onModelChange(value: unknown) {
     if (this.modifiers && this.modifiers.length === 1) {
       this.modifiers[0].onModelChange(value);
-    } else if (this.formField) {
+    } else if (this.formField && this.formField.value.set) {
       this.formField.value.set(value);
     }
   }
@@ -67,6 +67,6 @@ export class SignalInputDirective implements OnInit {
       emitModelToViewChange: true,
     }));
 
-    this.formField?.registerOnReset(value => this.model.control.setValue(value))
+    this.formField?.registerOnReset?.(value => this.model.control.setValue(value))
   }
 }