diff --git a/examples/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/CMakeLists.txt
index 03d7c5cb..1ca68dad 100644
--- a/examples/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ function(buildExample EXAMPLE_NAME)
 	if(EXISTS ${EXAMPLE_FOLDER}/main.cpp)
 		SET(MAIN_CPP ${EXAMPLE_FOLDER}/main.cpp)
 	ENDIF()
+	if(EXISTS ${EXAMPLE_FOLDER}/${EXAMPLE_NAME}.h)
+		SET(MAIN_HEADER ${EXAMPLE_FOLDER}/${EXAMPLE_NAME}.h)
+	ENDIF()
 	# imgui example requires additional source files
 	IF(${EXAMPLE_NAME} STREQUAL "imgui")
 		file(GLOB ADD_SOURCE "../external/imgui/*.cpp")
@@ -25,10 +28,10 @@ function(buildExample EXAMPLE_NAME)
 	source_group("Shaders\\GLSL" FILES ${SHADERS_GLSL})
 	source_group("Shaders\\HLSL" FILES ${SHADERS_HLSL})
 	if(WIN32)
-		add_executable(${EXAMPLE_NAME} WIN32 ${MAIN_CPP} ${SOURCE} ${SHADERS_GLSL} ${SHADERS_HLSL})
+		add_executable(${EXAMPLE_NAME} WIN32 ${MAIN_CPP} ${SOURCE} ${MAIN_HEADER} ${SHADERS_GLSL} ${SHADERS_HLSL})
 		target_link_libraries(${EXAMPLE_NAME} base ${Vulkan_LIBRARY} ${ASSIMP_LIBRARIES} ${WINLIBS})
 	else(WIN32)
-		add_executable(${EXAMPLE_NAME} ${MAIN_CPP} ${SOURCE} ${SHADERS_GLSL} ${SHADERS_HLSL})
+		add_executable(${EXAMPLE_NAME} ${MAIN_CPP} ${SOURCE} ${MAIN_HEADER} ${SHADERS_GLSL} ${SHADERS_HLSL})
 		target_link_libraries(${EXAMPLE_NAME} base )
 	endif(WIN32)