diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index d1857f1e..b0497d9f 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -508,8 +508,8 @@ add_subdirectory(lib)
 add_subdirectory(third-party)
 add_subdirectory(src)
 #add_subdirectory(src/includes)
-if(0)
 add_subdirectory(examples)
+if(0)
 add_subdirectory(python)
 add_subdirectory(tests)
 #add_subdirectory(tests/testdata)
diff --git a/examples/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3802e7ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+if(ENABLE_EXAMPLES)
+  # XXX replace this by lists (WARNCFLAGS_list)
+  string(REPLACE " " ";" c_flags "${WARNCFLAGS}")
+  string(REPLACE " " ";" cxx_flags "${WARNCXXFLAGS} ${CXX1XCXXFLAGS}")
+  add_compile_options(
+    "$<$<COMPILE_LANGUAGE:C>:${c_flags}>"
+    "$<$<COMPILE_LANGUAGE:CXX>:${cxx_flags}>"
+  )
+
+  include_directories(
+    ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}
+    ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/lib/includes
+    ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/lib/includes
+    ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/includes
+    ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/third-party
+
+    ${LIBEVENT_OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIRS}
+    ${OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIRS}
+  )
+
+  link_libraries(
+    nghttp2
+    ${LIBEVENT_OPENSSL_LIBRARIES}
+    ${OPENSSL_LIBRARIES}
+    ${APP_LIBRARIES}
+  )
+
+  add_executable(client           client.c $<TARGET_OBJECTS:http-parser>)
+  add_executable(libevent_client  libevent-client.c $<TARGET_OBJECTS:http-parser>)
+  add_executable(libevent_server  libevent-server.c $<TARGET_OBJECTS:http-parser>)
+  add_executable(deflate          deflate.c $<TARGET_OBJECTS:http-parser>)
+
+  if(ENABLE_TINY_NGHTTPD)
+    add_executable(tiny-nghttpd tiny-nghttpd.c $<TARGET_OBJECTS:http-parser>)
+  endif()
+
+  if(ENABLE_ASIO_LIB)
+    foreach(name asio-sv asio-sv2 asio-cl asio-cl2)
+      add_executable(${name} ${name}.cc $<TARGET_OBJECTS:http-parser>)
+      target_include_directories(${name} PRIVATE
+        ${OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIRS}
+        ${Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS}
+      )
+      target_link_libraries(${name}
+        nghttp2
+        nghttp2_asio
+        ${JEMALLOC_LIBRARIES}
+        ${OPENSSL_LIBRARIES}
+        ${Boost_LIBRARIES}
+        ${APP_LIBRARIES}
+      )
+    endforeach()
+  endif()
+endif()