diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 20915e30057..b61a5882700 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -197,18 +197,21 @@ clean:
 
 CC_SDL=`sdl2-config --cflags --libs`
 
-main: examples/main/main.cpp ggml.o whisper.o
-	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) examples/main/main.cpp ggml.o whisper.o -o main $(LDFLAGS)
+SRC_COMMON = examples/common.cpp
+SRC_COMMON_SDL = examples/common-sdl.cpp
+
+main: examples/main/main.cpp $(SRC_COMMON) ggml.o whisper.o
+	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) examples/main/main.cpp $(SRC_COMMON) ggml.o whisper.o -o main $(LDFLAGS)
 	./main -h
 
-stream: examples/stream/stream.cpp ggml.o whisper.o
-	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) examples/stream/stream.cpp ggml.o whisper.o -o stream $(CC_SDL) $(LDFLAGS)
+stream: examples/stream/stream.cpp $(SRC_COMMON) $(SRC_COMMON_SDL) ggml.o whisper.o
+	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) examples/stream/stream.cpp $(SRC_COMMON) $(SRC_COMMON_SDL) ggml.o whisper.o -o stream $(CC_SDL) $(LDFLAGS)
 
-command: examples/command/command.cpp ggml.o whisper.o
-	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) examples/command/command.cpp ggml.o whisper.o -o command $(CC_SDL) $(LDFLAGS)
+command: examples/command/command.cpp $(SRC_COMMON) $(SRC_COMMON_SDL) ggml.o whisper.o
+	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) examples/command/command.cpp $(SRC_COMMON) $(SRC_COMMON_SDL) ggml.o whisper.o -o command $(CC_SDL) $(LDFLAGS)
 
-talk: examples/talk/talk.cpp  examples/talk/gpt-2.cpp ggml.o whisper.o
-	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) examples/talk/talk.cpp examples/talk/gpt-2.cpp ggml.o whisper.o -o talk $(CC_SDL) $(LDFLAGS)
+talk: examples/talk/talk.cpp examples/talk/gpt-2.cpp $(SRC_COMMON) $(SRC_COMMON_SDL) ggml.o whisper.o
+	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) examples/talk/talk.cpp examples/talk/gpt-2.cpp $(SRC_COMMON) $(SRC_COMMON_SDL) ggml.o whisper.o -o talk $(CC_SDL) $(LDFLAGS)
 
 bench: examples/bench/bench.cpp ggml.o whisper.o
 	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) examples/bench/bench.cpp ggml.o whisper.o -o bench $(LDFLAGS)
diff --git a/examples/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/CMakeLists.txt
index 7f373e7b7ca..f0b6485d860 100644
--- a/examples/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -59,5 +59,4 @@ else()
     add_subdirectory(command)
     add_subdirectory(bench)
     add_subdirectory(talk)
-    add_subdirectory(chess)
 endif()