diff --git a/examples/ip_pipeline/Makefile b/examples/ip_pipeline/Makefile
index 2af271a9f5..a807ee8de0 100644
--- a/examples/ip_pipeline/Makefile
+++ b/examples/ip_pipeline/Makefile
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ $(error "Please define RTE_SDK environment variable")
 endif
 
 # Default target, can be overridden by command line or environment
-RTE_TARGET ?= x86_64-default-linuxapp-gcc
+RTE_TARGET ?= x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc
 
 include $(RTE_SDK)/mk/rte.vars.mk
 
diff --git a/examples/l3fwd-acl/Makefile b/examples/l3fwd-acl/Makefile
index 7ba7247ccd..a3473a83eb 100644
--- a/examples/l3fwd-acl/Makefile
+++ b/examples/l3fwd-acl/Makefile
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ $(error "Please define RTE_SDK environment variable")
 endif
 
 # Default target, can be overriden by command line or environment
-RTE_TARGET ?= x86_64-default-linuxapp-gcc
+RTE_TARGET ?= x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc
 
 include $(RTE_SDK)/mk/rte.vars.mk