diff --git a/examples/hello_world_loader/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/hello_world_loader/CMakeLists.txt
index e4564acbd..06cc8aa49 100644
--- a/examples/hello_world_loader/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/hello_world_loader/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5 FATAL_ERROR)
 
+project(ign-physics-hello-world-loader)
+
 set(IGN_PLUGIN_VER 1)
 find_package(ignition-plugin${IGN_PLUGIN_VER} 1.1 REQUIRED COMPONENTS all)
 
diff --git a/examples/hello_world_plugin/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/hello_world_plugin/CMakeLists.txt
index 08521c4e3..26150b73f 100644
--- a/examples/hello_world_plugin/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/hello_world_plugin/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5 FATAL_ERROR)
 
+project(ign-physics-hello-world-plugin)
+
 set(IGN_PLUGIN_VER 1)
 find_package(ignition-plugin${IGN_PLUGIN_VER} 1.1 REQUIRED COMPONENTS all)
 
diff --git a/examples/simple_plugin/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/simple_plugin/CMakeLists.txt
index 0eb1b1d52..dde3613a0 100644
--- a/examples/simple_plugin/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/simple_plugin/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5 FATAL_ERROR)
 
+project(ign-physics-simple-plugin)
+
 set(IGN_PLUGIN_VER 1)
 find_package(ignition-plugin${IGN_PLUGIN_VER} 1.1 REQUIRED COMPONENTS all)