diff --git a/Mesh_3/examples/Mesh_3/CMakeLists.txt b/Mesh_3/examples/Mesh_3/CMakeLists.txt
index 6c3196201c9..47e6e345298 100644
--- a/Mesh_3/examples/Mesh_3/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Mesh_3/examples/Mesh_3/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -36,16 +36,20 @@ if ( CGAL_FOUND )
     create_single_source_cgal_program( "mesh_implicit_sphere_variable_size.cpp" )
     create_single_source_cgal_program( "mesh_two_implicit_spheres_with_balls.cpp" )
 #    create_single_source_cgal_program( "mesh_implicit_domains.cpp" "implicit_functions.cpp" )
-    if( CGAL_ImageIO_USE_ZLIB )
-      create_single_source_cgal_program( "mesh_3D_image.cpp" )
-      create_single_source_cgal_program( "mesh_3D_image_variable_size.cpp" )
-    else()
-      message( STATUS "NOTICE: The example mesh_3D_image.cpp needs CGAL_ImageIO to be configured with ZLIB support, and will not be compiled." )
-    endif()
-    create_single_source_cgal_program( "mesh_polyhedral_domain.cpp" )
+   create_single_source_cgal_program( "mesh_polyhedral_domain.cpp" )
     create_single_source_cgal_program( "mesh_polyhedral_domain_with_features.cpp" )
-    create_single_source_cgal_program( "mesh_optimization_example.cpp" )
-    create_single_source_cgal_program( "mesh_optimization_lloyd_example.cpp" )
+    if( WITH_CGAL_ImageIO )
+      create_single_source_cgal_program( "mesh_optimization_example.cpp" )
+      create_single_source_cgal_program( "mesh_optimization_lloyd_example.cpp" )
+      if( CGAL_ImageIO_USE_ZLIB )
+        create_single_source_cgal_program( "mesh_3D_image.cpp" )
+        create_single_source_cgal_program( "mesh_3D_image_variable_size.cpp" )
+      else()
+        message( STATUS "NOTICE: The example mesh_3D_image.cpp needs CGAL_ImageIO to be configured with ZLIB support, and will not be compiled." )
+      endif()
+    else()
+      message( STATUS "NOTICE: Some examples need the CGAL_ImageIO library, and will not be compiled." )
+    endif()
 #    create_single_source_cgal_program( "mesh_polyhedral_implicit_function.cpp" )
 #    create_single_source_cgal_program( "mesh_polyhedral_surface_tolerance_region.cpp" )
 #    create_single_source_cgal_program( "mesh_polyhedral_edge_tolerance_region.cpp" )