diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 0164dd51..4c95c79b 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ compiler:
 
 env:
   - TARGET=doc
+  - TARGET=examples
   - TARGET=python
   - TARGET=java
   - TARGET=node4
diff --git a/docker-compose.yaml b/docker-compose.yaml
index a33b642f..c198b2a0 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ services:
         - BUILDSWIGPYTHON=OFF
         - BUILDSWIGJAVA=OFF
         - BUILDSWIGNODE=OFF
-        - BUILDEXAMPLES=ON
+        - BUILDEXAMPLES=OFF
         - IPK=OFF
         - RPM=OFF
         - NPM=OFF
@@ -43,6 +43,13 @@ services:
         - BUILDDOC=ON
     command: make doc
 
+  examples:
+    extends: main
+    build:
+      args:
+        - BUILDEXAMPLES=ON
+    command: bash -c "make $$(make help | grep example | sed 's/... //' | tr '\n' ' ')"
+
   python:
     extends: main
     build: