diff --git a/srcpkgs/fuse3/template b/srcpkgs/fuse3/template
index d64bfebf729..1103f65aa9e 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/fuse3/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/fuse3/template
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version=3.1.0
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 wrksrc="fuse-${version}"
-configure_args="--enable-lib --enable-util"
+configure_args="--enable-lib --enable-util --disable-example"
 hostmakedepends="automake libtool gettext-devel"
 short_desc="Filesystem in Userspace 3.x"
 maintainer="Michael Gehring <mg@ebfe.org>"