diff --git a/examples/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/CMakeLists.txt
index 92f15fd802..9cfa196886 100644
--- a/examples/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -39,7 +39,9 @@ add_subdirectory(post-processing)
 add_subdirectory(record-playback)
 add_subdirectory(motion)
 add_subdirectory(gl)
-add_subdirectory(gl-net)
+if(BUILD_NETWORK_DEVICE)
+    add_subdirectory(gl-net)
+endif()
 add_subdirectory(pose)
 add_subdirectory(pose-predict)
 add_subdirectory(pose-and-image)