diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 4197889..5820791 100755
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ endif()
 # general
 option(CLIP_STATIC                 "CLIP: static link libraries"                          OFF)
 option(CLIP_BUILD_TESTS             "CLIP: build tests"                                    ${CLIP_STANDALONE})
-option(CLIP_BUILD_EXAMPLES         "CLIP: build examples"                                 ${CLIP_STANDALONE})
+option(CLIP_BUILD_EXAMPLES         "CLIP: build examples"                                 ON)
 option(CLIP_BUILD_IMAGE_SEARCH     "CLIP: build image-search"                             OFF)
 option(CLIP_NATIVE                 "CLIP: enable -march=native flag"                      ON)
 option(CLIP_LTO                    "CLIP: enable link time optimization"                  OFF)