diff --git a/mk/rte.sdkinstall.mk b/mk/rte.sdkinstall.mk
index ce077a4fac..c611d45bfa 100644
--- a/mk/rte.sdkinstall.mk
+++ b/mk/rte.sdkinstall.mk
@@ -156,3 +156,4 @@ ifneq ($(wildcard $O/doc/*/*/*pdf),)
 	$(Q)$(call rte_mkdir,     $(DESTDIR)$(docdir)/guides)
 	$(Q)cp -a $O/doc/*/*/*pdf $(DESTDIR)$(docdir)/guides
 endif
+	$(Q)cp -a $(RTE_SDK)/examples $(DESTDIR)$(datadir)