diff --git a/utils/tests/test-ns3.py b/utils/tests/test-ns3.py
index 1349caa96..59bf86667 100755
--- a/utils/tests/test-ns3.py
+++ b/utils/tests/test-ns3.py
@@ -2337,7 +2337,7 @@ class NS3BuildBaseTestCase(NS3BaseTestCase):
 
         # First enable examples and static build
         return_code, stdout, stderr = run_ns3(
-            "configure -G \"{generator}\" --enable-python-bindings")
+            "configure -G \"{generator}\" --enable-examples --enable-python-bindings")
 
         # If configuration passes, we are half way done
         self.assertEqual(return_code, 0)