diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 195ce16..ac5d167 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ cmake_minimum_required( VERSION 2.6 )
 
 option( ENABLE_BATTERY "Enable battery status plugin" ON )
 option( ENABLE_TINT2CONF "Enable tint2conf build, a GTK+2 theme configurator for tint2" ON )
-option( ENABLE_EXAMPLES "Install additional tin2rc examples" OFF )
+option( ENABLE_EXAMPLES "Install additional tin2rc examples" ON )
 option( ENABLE_RSVG "Rsvg support (launcher only)" ON )
 option( ENABLE_SN "Startup notification support" ON )
 option( ENABLE_ASAN "Build tint2 with AddressSanitizer" OFF )
@@ -156,5 +156,5 @@ install( FILES AUTHORS ChangeLog README.md DESTINATION ${DOCDIR} )
 install( FILES doc/tint2.1 DESTINATION ${MANDIR}/man1 )
 if( ENABLE_EXAMPLES )
   file( GLOB SAMPLEFILES sample/*.tint2rc )
-  install( FILES ${SAMPLEFILES} DESTINATION ${DOCDIR}/examples )
+  install( FILES ${SAMPLEFILES} DESTINATION ${DATADIR}/tint2 )
 endif( ENABLE_EXAMPLES )