diff --git a/dev-libs/pocl/pocl-6.0.ebuild b/dev-libs/pocl/pocl-6.0.ebuild
index f2d1f5c8bc9fc..585163c3296bb 100644
--- a/dev-libs/pocl/pocl-6.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-libs/pocl/pocl-6.0.ebuild
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ src_configure() {
 		-DHARDENING_ENABLE=$(usex hardening)
 		-DPOCL_DEBUG_MESSAGES=$(usex debug)
 		-DUSE_POCL_MEMMANAGER=$(usex memmanager)
+		-DENABLE_EXAMPLES=$(usex examples)
 		-DENABLE_TESTS=$(usex test)
 	)