diff --git a/Encodings/CMakeLists.txt b/Encodings/CMakeLists.txt
index 0c709c5c9..41ac2cd15 100644
--- a/Encodings/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Encodings/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -31,5 +31,6 @@ POCO_INSTALL("${LIBNAME}")
 POCO_GENERATE_PACKAGE("${LIBNAME}")
 
 if (ENABLE_TESTS)
+    add_subdirectory(samples)
     add_subdirectory(testsuite)
 endif ()