diff --git a/cmake/craft_CMakeLists.txt.in b/cmake/craft_CMakeLists.txt.in
index a77fa679e015db7c7b78b3156ddb71358e5ca762..199881b293f21566b11cf4e7b928dd3220541817 100644
--- a/cmake/craft_CMakeLists.txt.in
+++ b/cmake/craft_CMakeLists.txt.in
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ ExternalProject_Add(craft
         GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/canonical/raft.git
         GIT_TAG v0.11.2
         SOURCE_DIR "${CMAKE_CONTRIB_DIR}/craft"
-        BINARY_DIR "${CMAKE_CONTRIB_DIR}/craft/.libs"
+        BINARY_DIR "${CMAKE_CONTRIB_DIR}/craft"
         #BUILD_IN_SOURCE TRUE
-        CONFIGURE_COMMAND "autoreconf -i && ./configure"
+        CONFIGURE_COMMAND "autoreconf -i && ./configure --enable-example"
         BUILD_COMMAND "$(MAKE)"
         INSTALL_COMMAND ""
         TEST_COMMAND ""