diff --git a/examples/Basic/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/Basic/CMakeLists.txt
index 2107e2bb..9f0d531f 100644
--- a/examples/Basic/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/Basic/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ SET(INC_FILES
 	OpenGLWidget.h
 )
 
+add_definitions(-DGLEW_STATIC)
+
 #"Sources" and "Headers" are the group names in Visual Studio.
 #They may have other uses too...
 SOURCE_GROUP("Sources" FILES ${SRC_FILES})
diff --git a/examples/OpenGL/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/OpenGL/CMakeLists.txt
index 99ac0506..ce92c693 100644
--- a/examples/OpenGL/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/OpenGL/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ SET(INC_FILES
 	Shapes.h
 )
 
+add_definitions(-DGLEW_STATIC)
+
 #"Sources" and "Headers" are the group names in Visual Studio.
 #They may have other uses too...
 SOURCE_GROUP("Sources" FILES ${SRC_FILES})
diff --git a/examples/Paging/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/Paging/CMakeLists.txt
index d6ca8ca8..ef5ddc0c 100644
--- a/examples/Paging/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/Paging/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ SET(INC_FILES
 	Perlin.h
 )
 
+add_definitions(-DGLEW_STATIC)
+
 #"Sources" and "Headers" are the group names in Visual Studio.
 #They may have other uses too...
 SOURCE_GROUP("Sources" FILES ${SRC_FILES})
diff --git a/examples/SmoothLOD/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/SmoothLOD/CMakeLists.txt
index a0aad3a8..db1fefec 100644
--- a/examples/SmoothLOD/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/SmoothLOD/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ SET(INC_FILES
 	OpenGLWidget.h
 )
 
+add_definitions(-DGLEW_STATIC)
+
 #"Sources" and "Headers" are the group names in Visual Studio.
 #They may have other uses too...
 SOURCE_GROUP("Sources" FILES ${SRC_FILES})