diff --git a/utils/create-module.py b/utils/create-module.py
index 5bb45f2d8..a3c4010d3 100755
--- a/utils/create-module.py
+++ b/utils/create-module.py
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ namespace ns3 {{
 EXAMPLES_CMAKELISTS_TEMPLATE = '''\
 build_lib_example(
     NAME {MODULE}-example
-    SOURCE_FILES ${{name}}.cc
+    SOURCE_FILES {MODULE}-example.cc
     LIBRARIES_TO_LINK ${{lib{MODULE}}}
 )