diff --git a/examples/bench/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/bench/CMakeLists.txt
index f255f2dc5..119df2552 100644
--- a/examples/bench/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/bench/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ include(DefaultTargetOptions)
 
 target_link_libraries(${TARGET} PRIVATE whisper ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT})
 
-install(TARGETS ${TARGET} RUNTIME)
+install(TARGETS ${TARGET} RUNTIME DESTINATION bin)
diff --git a/examples/cli/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/cli/CMakeLists.txt
index 3a73776c5..7b6a187e9 100644
--- a/examples/cli/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/cli/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ include(DefaultTargetOptions)
 
 target_link_libraries(${TARGET} PRIVATE common whisper ${FFMPEG_LIBRARIES} ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT})
 
-install(TARGETS ${TARGET} RUNTIME)
+install(TARGETS ${TARGET} RUNTIME DESTINATION bin)
diff --git a/examples/quantize/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/quantize/CMakeLists.txt
index aa2828e3e..ba6fa0c1b 100644
--- a/examples/quantize/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/quantize/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ add_executable(${TARGET} quantize.cpp)
 include(DefaultTargetOptions)
 
 target_link_libraries(${TARGET} PRIVATE common whisper ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT})
-install(TARGETS ${TARGET} RUNTIME)
+install(TARGETS ${TARGET} RUNTIME DESTINATION bin)
diff --git a/examples/server/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/server/CMakeLists.txt
index c082546bd..4c2b48226 100644
--- a/examples/server/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/server/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@ if (WIN32)
     target_link_libraries(${TARGET} PRIVATE ws2_32)
 endif()
 
-install(TARGETS ${TARGET} RUNTIME)
+install(TARGETS ${TARGET} RUNTIME DESTINATION bin)
diff --git a/examples/talk-llama/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/talk-llama/CMakeLists.txt
index 1d60097bd..7e4c48e67 100644
--- a/examples/talk-llama/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/talk-llama/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ if (WHISPER_SDL2)
     target_compile_definitions(${TARGET} PRIVATE -DLLAMA_VERSION="0.0.0")
 
     target_link_libraries(${TARGET} PRIVATE common common-sdl whisper ${SDL2_LIBRARIES} ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT})
-    install(TARGETS ${TARGET} RUNTIME)
+    install(TARGETS ${TARGET} RUNTIME DESTINATION bin)
 
     if(WIN32)
         # It requires Windows 8.1 or later for PrefetchVirtualMemory
diff --git a/examples/vad-speech-segments/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/vad-speech-segments/CMakeLists.txt
index 857b88c9a..4550eef97 100644
--- a/examples/vad-speech-segments/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/vad-speech-segments/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ include(DefaultTargetOptions)
 
 target_link_libraries(${TARGET} PRIVATE common whisper ${FFMPEG_LIBRARIES} ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT})
 
-install(TARGETS ${TARGET} RUNTIME)
+install(TARGETS ${TARGET} RUNTIME DESTINATION bin)