diff --git a/examples/traffic-control/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/traffic-control/CMakeLists.txt
index 8d79c4bb9..cd5fe5607 100644
--- a/examples/traffic-control/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/traffic-control/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 build_example(
-  NAME traffic-control
-  SOURCE_FILES traffic-control.cc
+  NAME traffic-control-example
+  SOURCE_FILES traffic-control-example.cc
   LIBRARIES_TO_LINK
     ${libinternet}
     ${libpoint-to-point}
diff --git a/examples/traffic-control/traffic-control.cc b/examples/traffic-control/traffic-control-example.cc
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/traffic-control/traffic-control.cc
rename to examples/traffic-control/traffic-control-example.cc
diff --git a/src/aodv/examples/CMakeLists.txt b/src/aodv/examples/CMakeLists.txt
index cee2aaf73..f64c03dba 100644
--- a/src/aodv/examples/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/aodv/examples/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 build_lib_example(
-  NAME aodv
-  SOURCE_FILES aodv.cc
+  NAME aodv-example
+  SOURCE_FILES aodv-example.cc
   LIBRARIES_TO_LINK
     ${libwifi}
     ${libinternet}
diff --git a/src/aodv/examples/aodv.cc b/src/aodv/examples/aodv-example.cc
similarity index 100%
rename from src/aodv/examples/aodv.cc
rename to src/aodv/examples/aodv-example.cc
diff --git a/src/dsr/examples/CMakeLists.txt b/src/dsr/examples/CMakeLists.txt
index 0ec0132b5..6f980f3bf 100644
--- a/src/dsr/examples/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/dsr/examples/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 build_lib_example(
-  NAME dsr
-  SOURCE_FILES dsr.cc
+  NAME dsr-example
+  SOURCE_FILES dsr-example.cc
   LIBRARIES_TO_LINK
     ${libcore}
     ${libnetwork}
diff --git a/src/dsr/examples/dsr.cc b/src/dsr/examples/dsr-example.cc
similarity index 100%
rename from src/dsr/examples/dsr.cc
rename to src/dsr/examples/dsr-example.cc
diff --git a/src/mesh/examples/CMakeLists.txt b/src/mesh/examples/CMakeLists.txt
index 125d46477..31840d5fc 100644
--- a/src/mesh/examples/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/mesh/examples/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 build_lib_example(
-  NAME mesh
-  SOURCE_FILES mesh.cc
+  NAME mesh-example
+  SOURCE_FILES mesh-example.cc
   LIBRARIES_TO_LINK
     ${libinternet}
     ${libmobility}
diff --git a/src/mesh/examples/mesh.cc b/src/mesh/examples/mesh-example.cc
similarity index 100%
rename from src/mesh/examples/mesh.cc
rename to src/mesh/examples/mesh-example.cc