diff --git a/bin/csh/Makefile b/bin/csh/Makefile
index 8b2ff3822e35..97578aa8af95 100644
--- a/bin/csh/Makefile
+++ b/bin/csh/Makefile
@@ -45,8 +45,10 @@ LINKS=	${BINDIR}/csh ${BINDIR}/tcsh
 
 CLEANFILES= ${GENHDRS} gethost csh.1
 
+.if !defined(NO_EXAMPLES)
 FILESDIR= ${SHAREDIR}/examples/tcsh
 FILES= complete.tcsh csh-mode.el
+.endif
 
 CATALOGS=	et:et_EE.ISO8859-15 \
 		finnish:fi_FI.ISO8859-1 \