diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 277fcada..ef99be45 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -90,6 +90,16 @@ jobs:
     - name: Version features
       run: cargo +1.60.0 build --manifest-path tests/smoke-test/Cargo.toml
 
+  examples:
+    name: Tests / Examples
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout sources
+      uses: actions/checkout@8e5e7e5ab8b370d6c329ec480221332ada57f0ab
+
+    - name: Examples
+      run: cargo test --manifest-path examples/Cargo.toml
+
   wasm_bindgen:
     name: Tests / WebAssembly (wasm-bindgen)
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 3cdc6111..d64d7f2d 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,8 +14,11 @@ categories = [
 description = "A library to generate and parse UUIDs."
 documentation = "https://docs.rs/uuid"
 edition = "2018"
-exclude = [
-    ".github/**"
+include = [
+    "src",
+    "README.md",
+    "LICENSE-APACHE",
+    "LICENSE-MIT",
 ]
 keywords = [
     "guid",
@@ -190,12 +193,9 @@ version = "1.0.52"
 [dev-dependencies.rustversion]
 version = "1"
 
-[target.'cfg(windows)'.dev-dependencies.windows-sys]
-version = "0.48.0"
-features = ["Win32_System_Com"]
-
 [workspace]
 members = [
     "macros",
+    "examples",
     "tests/smoke-test",
 ]
diff --git a/examples/Cargo.toml b/examples/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1da77e78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+[package]
+name = "uuid-examples"
+version = "0.0.0"
+publish = false
+edition = "2018"
+
+[[example]]
+name = "random_uuid"
+path = "src/random_uuid.rs"
+
+[[example]]
+name = "sortable_uuid"
+path = "src/sortable_uuid.rs"
+
+[[example]]
+name = "uuid_macro"
+path = "src/uuid_macro.rs"
+
+[[example]]
+name = "windows_guid"
+path = "src/windows_guid.rs"
+
+[dependencies.uuid]
+path = "../"
+features = ["v1", "v3", "v4", "v5", "v6", "v7", "v8"]
+
+[target.'cfg(windows)'.dev-dependencies.windows-sys]
+version = "0.48.0"
+features = ["Win32_System_Com"]
diff --git a/examples/random_uuid.rs b/examples/src/random_uuid.rs
similarity index 80%
rename from examples/random_uuid.rs
rename to examples/src/random_uuid.rs
index ec88c058..d36d3806 100644
--- a/examples/random_uuid.rs
+++ b/examples/src/random_uuid.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 //!
 //! If you enable the `v4` feature you can generate random UUIDs.
 
-#[cfg(feature = "v4")]
 fn main() {
     use uuid::Uuid;
 
@@ -12,6 +11,3 @@ fn main() {
 
     println!("{}", uuid);
 }
-
-#[cfg(not(feature = "v4"))]
-fn main() {}
diff --git a/examples/sortable_uuid.rs b/examples/src/sortable_uuid.rs
similarity index 80%
rename from examples/sortable_uuid.rs
rename to examples/src/sortable_uuid.rs
index fd4b56f3..f74f5d61 100644
--- a/examples/sortable_uuid.rs
+++ b/examples/src/sortable_uuid.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 //!
 //! If you enable the `v7` feature you can generate sortable UUIDs.
 
-#[cfg(feature = "v7")]
 fn main() {
     use uuid::Uuid;
 
@@ -12,6 +11,3 @@ fn main() {
 
     println!("{}", uuid);
 }
-
-#[cfg(not(feature = "v7"))]
-fn main() {}
diff --git a/examples/uuid_macro.rs b/examples/src/uuid_macro.rs
similarity index 89%
rename from examples/uuid_macro.rs
rename to examples/src/uuid_macro.rs
index c4ff0484..f2a49a8d 100644
--- a/examples/uuid_macro.rs
+++ b/examples/src/uuid_macro.rs
@@ -7,13 +7,10 @@
 //! If you enable the `macro-diagnostics` feature, you can see much better
 //! error messages.
 
-#[test]
-fn parse_uuid_at_compile_time() {
+fn main() {
     use uuid::uuid;
 
     let uuid = uuid!("67e55044-10b1-426f-9247-bb680e5fe0c8");
 
     assert_eq!(Some(uuid::Version::Random), uuid.get_version());
 }
-
-fn main() {}
diff --git a/examples/windows_guid.rs b/examples/src/windows_guid.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/windows_guid.rs
rename to examples/src/windows_guid.rs