diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 5b8ad20..04fcbfb 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,9 +4,6 @@ project(Criterion C)
 
 # Project setup & environment variables
 
-enable_testing()
-add_subdirectory(samples)
-
 set(PROJECT_VERSION "1.3.1")
 set(LOCALEDIR ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/share/locale)
 set(GettextTranslate_ALL 1)
@@ -133,3 +130,7 @@ install(TARGETS criterion
 add_custom_target(uninstall
     "${CMAKE_COMMAND}" -P "${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH}/uninstall.cmake"
 )
+
+enable_testing()
+add_subdirectory(samples)
+
diff --git a/samples/CMakeLists.txt b/samples/CMakeLists.txt
index f614717..17edd70 100644
--- a/samples/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/samples/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-project(criterion_samples)
-
 set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "-std=c99 -Wall -Wextra -pedantic")
 
 include_directories(../include)
@@ -22,11 +20,14 @@ set(SCRIPTS
   early_exit
   verbose
   list
-  pattern
   fail_fast
   help
 )
 
+if (HAVE_PCRE)
+    set(SCRIPTS ${SCRIPTS} pattern)
+endif ()
+
 foreach(sample ${SAMPLES})
     add_executable(${sample} ${sample}.c)
     target_link_libraries(${sample} criterion)