diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 8c88ff68..7e9e339f 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -23,6 +23,13 @@ add_subdirectory(examples)
 add_subdirectory(utest)
 xo_export_cmake_config(${PROJECT_NAME} ${PROJECT_VERSION} ${PROJECT_NAME}Targets)
 
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------
+
+if (XO_ENABLE_EXAMPLES)
+    install(TARGETS xo_expression_repl DESTINATION bin/xo/example/reader)
+    install(TARGETS xo_expression_replxx DESTINATION bin/xo/example/reader)
+endif()
+
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------
 # docs targets depends on other library/utest/exec targets,
 # must come after them
diff --git a/examples/exprrepl/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/exprrepl/CMakeLists.txt
index 9296f119..003c9cb0 100644
--- a/examples/exprrepl/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/exprrepl/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ set(SELF_SRCS exprrepl.cpp)
 
 if (XO_ENABLE_EXAMPLES)
     xo_add_executable(${SELF_EXE} ${SELF_SRCS})
-    xo_dependency(${SELF_EXE} xo_reader)
+    xo_self_dependency(${SELF_EXE} xo_reader)
 endif()
 
 # end CMakeLists.txt
diff --git a/examples/exprreplxx/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/exprreplxx/CMakeLists.txt
index da33e668..c7365632 100644
--- a/examples/exprreplxx/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/exprreplxx/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ set(SELF_SRCS exprreplxx.cpp)
 
 if (XO_ENABLE_EXAMPLES)
     xo_add_executable(${SELF_EXE} ${SELF_SRCS})
-    xo_dependency(${SELF_EXE} xo_reader)
+    xo_self_dependency(${SELF_EXE} xo_reader)
     xo_external_target_dependency(${SELF_EXE} replxx replxx::replxx)
 
     find_package(Threads REQUIRED)