diff --git a/examples/meta/cpp/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/meta/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
index 4ab628616e4..d9c8018164f 100644
--- a/examples/meta/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/meta/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ FOREACH(META_EXAMPLE ${META_EXAMPLES})
     # run test in source dir, to have access to "data" folder
     ADD_TEST(NAME generated_cpp-${EXAMPLE_NAME_WITH_DIR}
              COMMAND ${GENERATED_CPP_BINARY}
-             WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${EXAMPLE_REL_DIR})
+             WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${EXAMPLE_REL_DIR})
     LIST(APPEND INSTALL_EXAMPLES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${GENERATED_CPP_BINARY})
 
 ENDFOREACH()