diff --git a/docs/examples/CMakeLists.txt b/docs/examples/CMakeLists.txt
index 0ef3f53698..ed0a913216 100644
--- a/docs/examples/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/docs/examples/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -46,6 +46,17 @@ foreach(_target IN LISTS check_PROGRAMS _all)  # keep '_all' last
     endif()
     add_custom_target(curl-examples-build)  # Special target to compile all tests quickly and build a single test to probe linkage
     add_dependencies(curl-examples-build ${_target_name} ${_all_plus_one})  # Include a full build of a single test
+    if(MSVC AND NOT CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "Clang")
+      # CMake generates a static library for the OBJECT target. Which triggers warnings:
+      # warning LNK4006: main already defined in ....obj; second definition ignored
+      # warning LNK4221: This object file does not define any previously undefined public symbols,
+      #                  so it will not be used by any link operation that consumes this library
+      if(CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL 3.13)
+        target_link_options(curl-examples-build PRIVATE "-ignore:4006" "-ignore:4221")
+      else()
+        target_link_libraries(curl-examples-build PRIVATE "-ignore:4006" "-ignore:4221")
+      endif()
+    endif()
   else()
     set(_all_plus_one ${_target_name})  # Save the last test for the curl-examples-build target
     add_executable(${_target_name} EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL "${_target}.c")