diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 55572c7e70c8fd95a7ec2fb64f956911b8902575..fc5a60a7aadf5d7a146d4fa11815463e551c6242 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -69,8 +69,6 @@ EXTRA_DIST = \
 	doc/sections-file.txt \
 	doc/setting-up.txt    \
 	doc/style-guide.txt   \
-	examples/README       \
-	examples/Makefile.am  \
 	gtkdoc/meson.build \
 	gtkdoc_uninstalled.py.in \
 	style/COPYING \
diff --git a/buildsystems/autotools/Makefile.am b/buildsystems/autotools/Makefile.am
index 705451e18edd7ceed9f531b55b61317b277b3174..f3172f6fb5aa999a05ecdbefd6b330854791c703 100644
--- a/buildsystems/autotools/Makefile.am
+++ b/buildsystems/autotools/Makefile.am
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 EXTRA_DIST = \
 	$(autotoolsdata_DATA) \
+	$(autotools_examples_DATA) \
 	gtk-doc.m4 \
 	meson.build
 
@@ -14,6 +15,12 @@ autotoolsdata_DATA = \
 	gtk-doc.no-xslt.make \
 	gtk-doc.no-xslt-flat.make
 
+autotools_examplesdir = $(datadir)/gtk-doc/examples
+
+autotools_examples_DATA = \
+	examples/README \
+	examples/Makefile.am
+
 aclocaldir = $(datadir)/aclocal
 aclocal_DATA = gtk-doc.m4
 
diff --git a/examples/Makefile.am b/buildsystems/autotools/examples/Makefile.am
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/Makefile.am
rename to buildsystems/autotools/examples/Makefile.am
diff --git a/examples/README b/buildsystems/autotools/examples/README
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/README
rename to buildsystems/autotools/examples/README
diff --git a/buildsystems/autotools/examples/meson.build b/buildsystems/autotools/examples/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0dfb59fba7a4a77b185aa6c177d5e45b26e820c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildsystems/autotools/examples/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+install_data(
+  'README',
+  'Makefile.am',
+  install_dir: join_paths(
+    get_option('prefix'),
+    get_option('datadir'),
+    meson.project_name(),
+    'examples'
+  ),
+)
diff --git a/buildsystems/autotools/meson.build b/buildsystems/autotools/meson.build
index c9dc7643faef7a9e3884d3a3cd5f7402ed1cfa1b..72ec637200ddbca9487ba0eb5a11b519248c68eb 100644
--- a/buildsystems/autotools/meson.build
+++ b/buildsystems/autotools/meson.build
@@ -49,3 +49,5 @@ custom_target(
     '@OUTPUT@',
   ],
 )
+
+subdir('examples')
diff --git a/help/manual/C/index.docbook b/help/manual/C/index.docbook
index 7baefb85fdd326b2f08901d0a42169bf20278b87..1e6a1ff3d398d97f2f342c2d03887ca16465f453 100644
--- a/help/manual/C/index.docbook
+++ b/help/manual/C/index.docbook
@@ -574,7 +574,7 @@ meep/
           to your project's reference documentation directory (e.g.
           <filename class='directory'>docs/reference/&lt;package&gt;</filename>).
           A local copy should be available under e.g.
-          <filename>/usr/share/doc/gtk-doc-tools/examples/Makefile.am</filename>.
+          <filename>/usr/share/gtk-doc/examples/Makefile.am</filename>.
           If you have multiple packages repeat this for each one.
         </para>