diff --git a/bindings/c/CMakeLists.txt b/bindings/c/CMakeLists.txt
index 9ed1247b..1b5e7805 100644
--- a/bindings/c/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/bindings/c/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ if (SVS_RUNTIME_ENABLE_LVQ_LEANVEC)
     elseif(TARGET svs::svs)
         message(FATAL_ERROR
             "Pre-built LVQ/LeanVec SVS library cannot be used in SVS main build. "
-            "Please build SVS Runtime using bindings/cpp directory as CMake source root."
+            "Please build SVS C API using bindings/c directory as CMake source root."
         )
     else()
         # Links to LTO-enabled static library, requires GCC/G++ 11.2
@@ -272,5 +272,8 @@ if(SVS_BUILD_C_API_TESTS)
 endif()
 
 if(SVS_BUILD_EXAMPLES)
-    add_subdirectory(samples)
+    add_subdirectory(
+        "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../../examples/c"
+        "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/samples"
+    )
 endif()
diff --git a/bindings/c/samples/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/c/CMakeLists.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from bindings/c/samples/CMakeLists.txt
rename to examples/c/CMakeLists.txt
diff --git a/bindings/c/samples/dynamic.c b/examples/c/dynamic.c
similarity index 100%
rename from bindings/c/samples/dynamic.c
rename to examples/c/dynamic.c
diff --git a/bindings/c/samples/save_load.c b/examples/c/save_load.c
similarity index 100%
rename from bindings/c/samples/save_load.c
rename to examples/c/save_load.c
diff --git a/bindings/c/samples/simple.c b/examples/c/simple.c
similarity index 100%
rename from bindings/c/samples/simple.c
rename to examples/c/simple.c