diff --git a/data/examples/CMakeLists.txt b/data/examples/CMakeLists.txt
index 8bda04eafb..f0930ab3c3 100644
--- a/data/examples/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/data/examples/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ ADD_CUSTOM_TARGET(Example_data ALL
 
 # 0001097: CMake stops with error "Circular ... <- ... dependency dropped."
 if(NOT "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}" STREQUAL "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}")
-    fc_copy_sources(Example_data "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/data/examples" ${Examples_Files})
+    fc_copy_sources(Example_data "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${CMAKE_INSTALL_DATADIR}/examples" ${Examples_Files})
 endif()
 
 if (WIN32 AND FREECAD_LIBPACK_USE)