diff --git a/examples/cxx/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/cxx/CMakeLists.txt
index 09b46ca73e2..c04f033f9c6 100644
--- a/examples/cxx/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/cxx/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)
 
-project(iDynTreeExamples)
+project(iDynTreeCxxExamples)
 
 add_subdirectory(KinDynComputationsWithEigen)
 add_subdirectory(InverseKinematics)