diff --git a/examples/meta/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/meta/CMakeLists.txt
index 77302b530c8..f320455314e 100644
--- a/examples/meta/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/meta/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ add_custom_target(meta_examples
     -i ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src
     -o ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}
     -t ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/generator/targets
-    COMMENT "Generating examples from meta-language")
+    -g ${CTAGS_FILE}
+    COMMENT "Generating examples from meta-language"
+    DEPENDS ctags)
 
 # Collect all meta example listings and store in variable
 FILE(GLOB_RECURSE META_EXAMPLES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/*.sg)
diff --git a/examples/meta/generator/generate.py b/examples/meta/generator/generate.py
index 9bb752bb489..dcc41b816fe 100755
--- a/examples/meta/generator/generate.py
+++ b/examples/meta/generator/generate.py
@@ -15,7 +15,20 @@ def subfilesRelative(directory, filter_by):
             if filter_by(file):
                 yield os.path.relpath(dir_, inputDir), file
 
-def translateExamples(inputDir, outputDir, targetsDir, includedTargets=None):
+def parseCtags(filename):
+    tags = {}
+    if not os.path.exists(filename):
+        raise Exception('Failed to found ctags file at %s' % (filename))
+    with open(filename) as file:
+        for line in file:
+            symbol, location = line.strip().split('\t')[:2]
+            # we assume sources are in src/
+            tags[symbol] = location.split('src/')[-1]
+    return tags
+
+def translateExamples(inputDir, outputDir, targetsDir, ctagsFile, includedTargets=None):
+
+    tags = parseCtags(ctagsFile)
     # Load all target dictionaries
     targets = []
     for target in os.listdir(targetsDir):
@@ -35,7 +48,7 @@ def translateExamples(inputDir, outputDir, targetsDir, includedTargets=None):
 
         # Translate ast to each target language
         for target in targets:
-            translation = translate(ast, targetDict=target)
+            translation = translate(ast, targetDict=target, tags=tags)
             directory = os.path.join(outputDir, target["OutputDirectoryName"])
             extension = target["FileExtension"]
 
@@ -60,7 +73,8 @@ def translateExamples(inputDir, outputDir, targetsDir, includedTargets=None):
     parser.add_argument("-o", "--output", help="path to output directory")
     parser.add_argument("-i", "--input", help="path to examples directory (input)")
     parser.add_argument("-t", "--targetsfolder", help="path to directory with target JSON files")
-    parser.add_argument('targets', nargs='*', help="Targets to include (one or more of: python java r octave csharp ruby cpp lua). If not specified all targets are produced.")
+    parser.add_argument("-g", "--ctags", help="path to ctags file")
+    parser.add_argument('targets', nargs='*', help="Targets to include (one or more of: cpp python java r octave csharp ruby). If not specified all targets are produced.")
 
     args = parser.parse_args()
 
@@ -76,4 +90,6 @@ def translateExamples(inputDir, outputDir, targetsDir, includedTargets=None):
     if args.targetsfolder:
         targetsDir = args.targetsfolder
 
-    translateExamples(inputDir, outputDir, targetsDir, args.targets)
+    ctagsFile = args.ctags
+
+    translateExamples(inputDir, outputDir, targetsDir, ctagsFile, args.targets)
diff --git a/examples/meta/generator/targets/cpp.json b/examples/meta/generator/targets/cpp.json
index a62a9620e81..77e7680fc07 100644
--- a/examples/meta/generator/targets/cpp.json
+++ b/examples/meta/generator/targets/cpp.json
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 {
-    "Program": "#include <shogun/base/init.h>\n#include <shogun/io/SGIO.h>\n#include <shogun/base/some.h>\n#include <shogun/features/DenseFeatures.h>\n#include <shogun/labels/MulticlassLabels.h>\n#include <shogun/multiclass/KNN.h>\n#include <shogun/io/CSVFile.h>\n#include <shogun/distance/EuclideanDistance.h>\n\n${dependencies}\n\nusing namespace shogun;\n\nint main(int, char*[])\n{\ninit_shogun_with_defaults();\n\n$program\nexit_shogun();\nreturn 0;\n}\n",
+    "Program": "#include <shogun/base/init.h>\n#include <shogun/base/some.h>\n${dependencies}\n\nusing namespace shogun;\n\nint main(int, char*[])\n{\ninit_shogun_with_defaults();\n\n$program\nexit_shogun();\nreturn 0;\n}\n",
     "Dependencies": {
-        "AllDependencies": "$enumDependencies\n\n",
-        "EnumDependencies": "$enums",
-        "DependencyListElementClass": "$element",
-        "DependencyListElementEnum": "import static org.shogun.$type.$value;",
-        "DependencyListSeparator": "\n"
+        "AllClassDependencies": "$classlist",
+        "AllDependencies": "$allClassDependencies",
+        "DependencyListSeparator": "\n",
+        "DependencyListElementClass": "#include <$include>"
     },
     "Statement": "$statement;\n",
     "Comment": "//$comment\n",
diff --git a/examples/meta/generator/translate.py b/examples/meta/generator/translate.py
index 9210cba12d1..295dd50eafb 100644
--- a/examples/meta/generator/translate.py
+++ b/examples/meta/generator/translate.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 from sets import Set
 import os.path
 import argparse
+import re
 
 class Translator:
     def __init__(self, targetDict):
@@ -15,7 +16,7 @@ def __init__(self, targetDict):
 
         self.targetDict = targetDict
 
-    def translateProgram(self, program, programName=None):
+    def translateProgram(self, program, programName=None, tags={}):
         """ Translate program AST
         Args:
             program: object like [statementAST, statementAST, statementAST, ...]
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ def translateProgram(self, program, programName=None):
         self.dependencies["AllClasses"] = Set()
         self.dependencies["ConstructedClasses"] = Set()
         self.dependencies["Enums"] = Set()
+        self.tags = tags
 
         targetProgram = ""
         for line in program:
@@ -93,12 +95,32 @@ def seperatedClassDependencies(self, type):
         # separated dependencies
         csdependencies = ""
         for i, x in enumerate(dependencyList):
-            csdependencies += elementTemplate.substitute(element=x)
+            if '$include' in elementTemplate.template:
+                csdependencies += elementTemplate.substitute(element=x, include=self.getIncludePathForClass(x))
+            else:
+                csdependencies += elementTemplate.substitute(element=x)
+
             if i < len(dependencyList)-1:
                 csdependencies += seperator
 
         return csdependencies
 
+    def getIncludePathForClass(self, type_):
+        translatedType = self.translateType({"ObjectType": type_})
+        template_parameter_matcher = '\<[0-9a-zA-Z_]*\>'
+        variants = [
+                translatedType,
+                'C' + translatedType,
+                re.sub(template_parameter_matcher, '', translatedType),
+                'C' + re.sub(template_parameter_matcher, '', translatedType)
+                ]
+        for variant in variants:
+            if variant in self.tags:
+                return self.tags[variant]
+
+        raise Exception('Failed to obtain include path for %s' % (' or '.join(variants)))
+
+
     def seperatedEnumDependencies(self):
         if len(self.dependencies["Enums"]) == 0:
             return ""
@@ -267,10 +289,10 @@ def translateArgumentList(self, argumentList):
             elif "ArgumentList" in argumentList:
                 return self.translateArgumentList(argumentList["ArgumentList"])
 
-def translate(ast, targetDict):
+def translate(ast, targetDict, tags):
     translator = Translator(targetDict)
     programName = os.path.basename(ast["FilePath"]).split(".")[0]
-    return translator.translateProgram(ast["Program"], programName)
+    return translator.translateProgram(ast["Program"], programName, tags)
 
 def loadTargetDict(targetJsonPath):
     try:
diff --git a/src/shogun/CMakeLists.txt b/src/shogun/CMakeLists.txt
index 2eb09ad4218..6bcdd9c24a5 100644
--- a/src/shogun/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/shogun/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -116,14 +116,14 @@ if (BUILD_STATIC)
 ENDIF()
 
 IF (CTAGS_FOUND)
-    ADD_CUSTOM_COMMAND(OUTPUT ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/tags
-        COMMAND ${CTAGS_EXECUTABLE} -f ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/tags
+    SET(CTAGS_FILE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/tags CACHE INTERNAL "" FORCE)
+    ADD_CUSTOM_COMMAND(OUTPUT ${CTAGS_FILE}
+        COMMAND ${CTAGS_EXECUTABLE} -f ${CTAGS_FILE}
         # functions, classes, macroses, enumerations, enumerators, typedefs
         --c++-kinds=fcdget
         -R ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR})
-    ADD_CUSTOM_TARGET(ctags DEPENDS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/tags)
-    SET_SOURCE_FILES_PROPERTIES(${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/tags PROPERTIES
-        GENERATED 1)
+    ADD_CUSTOM_TARGET(ctags DEPENDS ${CTAGS_FILE})
+    SET_SOURCE_FILES_PROPERTIES(${CTAGS_FILE} PROPERTIES GENERATED 1)
 ENDIF()
 
 CONFIGURE_FILE(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/lib/config.h.in ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/lib/config.h)