diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index b12153e..f7c6f07 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ option (ONEWIRE "Add Onewire support to mraa." ON)
 option (JSONPLAT "Add Platform loading via a json file." ON)
 option (IMRAA "Add Imraa support to mraa." OFF)
 option (FTDI4222 "Build with FTDI FT4222 subplatform support." OFF)
-option (ENABLEEXAMPLES "Disable building of examples" ON)
+option (ENABLEEXAMPLES "Enable building of examples" ON)
 option (INSTALLTOOLS "Install all tools" ON)
 option (BUILDTESTS "Override the addition of tests" ON)
 option (USEPYTHON3TESTS "Force tests to run with python3" OFF)