diff --git a/package/libmnl/Config.in b/package/libmnl/Config.in
index 5acfb2447e..b4a4195751 100644
--- a/package/libmnl/Config.in
+++ b/package/libmnl/Config.in
@@ -5,3 +5,12 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBMNL
 	  to Netlink developers.
 
 	  http://netfilter.org/projects/libmnl/
+
+if BR2_PACKAGE_LIBMNL
+
+config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBMNL_EXAMPLES
+	bool "install examples"
+	help
+	  Install binary examples.
+
+endif
diff --git a/package/libmnl/libmnl.mk b/package/libmnl/libmnl.mk
index 3361d05248..d9b1fbabe7 100644
--- a/package/libmnl/libmnl.mk
+++ b/package/libmnl/libmnl.mk
@@ -12,4 +12,32 @@ LIBMNL_LICENSE = LGPL-2.1+
 LIBMNL_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 LIBMNL_CPE_ID_VENDOR = netfilter
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBMNL_EXAMPLES),y)
+define LIBMNL_EXAMPLES_BUILD_CMDS
+	$(TARGET_MAKE_ENV) $(MAKE) check -C $(@D)
+endef
+LIBMNL_POST_BUILD_HOOKS += LIBMNL_EXAMPLES_BUILD_CMDS
+
+LIBMNL_EXAMPLES_INSTALL_TARGETS += \
+	$(addprefix examples/genl/, genl-family-get genl-group-events)
+LIBMNL_EXAMPLES_INSTALL_TARGETS += \
+	$(addprefix examples/kobject/, kobject-event)
+LIBMNL_EXAMPLES_INSTALL_TARGETS += \
+	$(addprefix examples/netfilter/, nfct-create-batch \
+		nfct-daemon nfct-dump nfct-event nf-log \
+		nf-queue)
+LIBMNL_EXAMPLES_INSTALL_TARGETS += \
+	$(addprefix examples/rtnl/, rtnl-addr-add rtnl-addr-dump \
+		rtnl-link-dump rtnl-link-dump2 rtnl-link-dump3 \
+		rtnl-link-event rtnl-link-set rtnl-neigh-dump \
+		rtnl-route-add rtnl-route-dump rtnl-route-event)
+
+define LIBMNL_EXAMPLES_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
+	$(foreach t,$(LIBMNL_EXAMPLES_INSTALL_TARGETS), \
+		$(INSTALL) -D -m 0755 $(@D)/$(t) \
+			$(TARGET_DIR)/usr/bin/$(notdir $(t))$(sep))
+endef
+LIBMNL_POST_INSTALL_TARGET_HOOKS += LIBMNL_EXAMPLES_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
+endif
+
 $(eval $(autotools-package))