diff --git a/examples/meta/cpp/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/meta/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
index bd7dc7a1765..ee68c66de8a 100644
--- a/examples/meta/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/meta/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -23,7 +23,11 @@ FOREACH(META_EXAMPLE ${META_EXAMPLES})
     ADD_DEPENDENCIES(${GENERATED_CPP_BINARY} meta_examples shogun)
     TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(${GENERATED_CPP_BINARY} shogun)
     SET_SOURCE_FILES_PROPERTIES(${GENERATED_CPP} PROPERTIES GENERATED 1)
-    SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES(${GENERATED_CPP_BINARY} PROPERTIES COMPILE_FLAGS "-Wno-unused-variable")
+    IF(SANITIZER_FLAGS)
+        SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES(${GENERATED_CPP_BINARY} PROPERTIES COMPILE_FLAGS "${SANITIZER_FLAGS} -Wno-unused-variable")
+    ELSE()
+        SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES(${GENERATED_CPP_BINARY} PROPERTIES COMPILE_FLAGS "-Wno-unused-variable")
+    ENDIF()
 
     LIST(APPEND GENERATED_CPP_EXAMPLES ${GENERATED_CPP_BINARY})