diff --git a/.github/workflows/android.yml b/.github/workflows/android.yml
index 70029d6860..28a08c6bfe 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/android.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/android.yml
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ jobs:
             -DSDL_WERROR=ON \
             -DSDL_TESTS=ON \
             -DSDL_INSTALL_TESTS=ON \
+            -DSDL_EXAMPLES=ON \
             -DSDL_CLANG_TIDY=ON \
             -DSDL_DISABLE_INSTALL_DOCS=OFF \
             -DANDROID_PLATFORM=${{ matrix.platform.android_platform }} \
diff --git a/.github/workflows/emscripten.yml b/.github/workflows/emscripten.yml
index 25eef05ffc..875b01dc84 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/emscripten.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/emscripten.yml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ jobs:
             -DSDL_WERROR=ON \
             -DSDL_TESTS=ON \
             -DSDL_INSTALL_TESTS=ON \
+            -DSDL_EXAMPLES=ON \
             -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug \
             -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=prefix \
             -GNinja
diff --git a/.github/workflows/haiku.yml b/.github/workflows/haiku.yml
index 709d86698d..b157a0cb1e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/haiku.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/haiku.yml
@@ -22,9 +22,10 @@ jobs:
           -Wdeprecated -Wdev -Werror \
           -DSDL_SHARED=ON \
           -DSDL_STATIC=ON \
-          -DSDL_TESTS=ON \
           -DSDL_WERROR=ON \
+          -DSDL_TESTS=ON \
           -DSDL_INSTALL_TESTS=ON \
+          -DSDL_EXAMPLES=ON \
           -DSDL_VENDOR_INFO=Github_Workflow \
           -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=cmake_prefix \
           -DSDL_DISABLE_INSTALL_DOCS=OFF \
diff --git a/.github/workflows/loongarch64.yml b/.github/workflows/loongarch64.yml
index 6cb65ca9a0..174e9d4835 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/loongarch64.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/loongarch64.yml
@@ -55,10 +55,10 @@ jobs:
             -Wdeprecated -Wdev -Werror \
             -DSDL_SHARED=ON \
             -DSDL_STATIC=ON \
-            -DSDL_TESTS=ON \
             -DSDL_WERROR=ON \
             -DSDL_TESTS=ON \
             -DSDL_INSTALL_TESTS=ON \
+            -DSDL_EXAMPLES=ON \
             -DSDL_DISABLE_INSTALL_DOCS=OFF \
             -DSDL_VENDOR_INFO="Github Workflow" \
             -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 385b59ef88..f562d640cb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -105,8 +105,9 @@ jobs:
           -DSDL_SHARED=ON \
           -DSDL_STATIC=ON \
           -DSDL_TESTS=ON \
-          -DSDL_WERROR=ON \
           -DSDL_INSTALL_TESTS=ON \
+          -DSDL_WERROR=ON \
+          -DSDL_EXAMPLES=ON \
           -DSDL_VENDOR_INFO="Github Workflow" \
           -DSDL_CLANG_TIDY=ON \
           -DSDL_DISABLE_INSTALL_DOCS=${{ !matrix.platform.no-perl }} \
diff --git a/.github/workflows/msvc.yml b/.github/workflows/msvc.yml
index 1bea16d6fb..6554d47ac8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/msvc.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/msvc.yml
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ jobs:
         -DSDL_SHARED=ON `
         -DSDL_STATIC=ON `
         -DSDL_TESTS=ON `
+        -DSDL_EXAMPLES=ON \
         -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS="${{ matrix.platform.cppflags }}" `
         -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="${{ matrix.platform.cppflags }}" `
         -DCMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS="${{ matrix.platform.ldflags }}" `
diff --git a/.github/workflows/n3ds.yml b/.github/workflows/n3ds.yml
index 33c4b9a0ec..17025fe6e1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/n3ds.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/n3ds.yml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ jobs:
             -DSDL_WERROR=ON \
             -DSDL_TESTS=ON \
             -DSDL_INSTALL_TESTS=ON \
+            -DSDL_EXAMPLES=ON \
             -DSDL_DISABLE_INSTALL_DOCS=OFF \
             -DSDL_VENDOR_INFO="Github Workflow" \
             -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ppc64le.yml b/.github/workflows/ppc64le.yml
index 5cb2d318b0..dc3b9de84e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ppc64le.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ppc64le.yml
@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@ jobs:
             -Wdeprecated -Wdev -Werror \
             -DSDL_SHARED=ON \
             -DSDL_STATIC=ON \
-            -DSDL_TESTS=ON \
             -DSDL_WERROR=OFF \
             -DSDL_TESTS=ON \
             -DSDL_INSTALL_TESTS=ON \
+            -DSDL_EXAMPLES=ON \
             -DSDL_DISABLE_INSTALL_DOCS=OFF \
             -DSDL_VENDOR_INFO="Github Workflow" \
             -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ps2.yml b/.github/workflows/ps2.yml
index c76c3d5f63..cb5a3c86c9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ps2.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ps2.yml
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ jobs:
           -DSDL_WERROR=ON \
           -DSDL_TESTS=ON \
           -DSDL_INSTALL_TESTS=ON \
+          -DSDL_EXAMPLES=ON \
           -DSDL_DISABLE_INSTALL_DOCS=OFF \
           -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=cmake_prefix \
           -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
diff --git a/.github/workflows/psp.yml b/.github/workflows/psp.yml
index 18b31b819c..26fbb4489e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/psp.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/psp.yml
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ jobs:
           -DSDL_WERROR=ON \
           -DSDL_TESTS=ON \
           -DSDL_INSTALL_TESTS=ON \
+          -DSDL_EXAMPLES=ON \
           -DSDL_DISABLE_INSTALL_DOCS=OFF \
           -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
           -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=prefix
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 58f82dc744..9cd89c6968 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -78,9 +78,9 @@ jobs:
         shell: bash
         run: |
           ${{ steps.tar.outputs.path }}/build-scripts/test-versioning.sh
-      - name: 'CMake (configure + build + tests)'
+      - name: 'CMake (configure + build + tests + examples)'
         run: |
-          cmake -S ${{ steps.tar.outputs.path }} -B /tmp/build -DSDL_TEST_LIBRARY=TRUE -DSDL_TESTS=TRUE
+          cmake -S ${{ steps.tar.outputs.path }} -B /tmp/build -DSDL_TEST_LIBRARY=TRUE -DSDL_TESTS=TRUE -DSDL_EXAMPLES=TRUE
           cmake --build /tmp/build --verbose
           ctest --test-dir /tmp/build --no-tests=error --output-on-failure
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/riscos.yml b/.github/workflows/riscos.yml
index b7183fc5c3..6c521995d7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/riscos.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/riscos.yml
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ jobs:
           -DSDL_GCC_ATOMICS=OFF \
           -DSDL_TESTS=ON \
           -DSDL_INSTALL_TESTS=ON \
+          -DSDL_EXAMPLES=ON \
           -DSDL_DISABLE_INSTALL_DOCS=OFF \
           -DSDL_VENDOR_INFO="Github Workflow" \
           -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
diff --git a/.github/workflows/vita.yml b/.github/workflows/vita.yml
index 6e66a74732..036c939080 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/vita.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/vita.yml
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ jobs:
           -DSDL_WERROR=ON \
           -DSDL_TESTS=ON \
           -DSDL_INSTALL_TESTS=ON \
+          -DSDL_EXAMPLES=ON \
           -DSDL_DISABLE_INSTALL_DOCS=OFF \
           -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
           -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=prefix