diff --git a/appveyor.sh b/appveyor.sh
index 225d577f8c..e9871415e0 100644
--- a/appveyor.sh
+++ b/appveyor.sh
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ fi
 
 if [ "${EXAMPLES}" = 'ON' ] && \
    [ "${BUILD_SYSTEM}" = 'CMake' ]; then
-  time cmake --build _bld --config "${PRJ_CFG}" --parallel 2 --target curl-examples
+  time cmake --build _bld --config "${PRJ_CFG}" --parallel 2 --target curl-examples-build
 fi
 
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