diff --git a/examples.mk b/examples.mk
index 40756e182..13dbcb6f1 100644
--- a/examples.mk
+++ b/examples.mk
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ vpxenc.SRCS                 += third_party/libmkv/EbmlWriter.h
 vpxenc.SRCS                 += $(LIBYUV_SRCS)
 vpxenc.GUID                  = 548DEC74-7A15-4B2B-AFC3-AA102E7C25C1
 vpxenc.DESCRIPTION           = Full featured encoder
-UTILS-$(CONFIG_VP9_ENCODER)    += vp9_spatial_scalable_encoder.c
+EXAMPLES-$(CONFIG_VP9_ENCODER)    += vp9_spatial_scalable_encoder.c
 vp9_spatial_scalable_encoder.SRCS += args.c args.h
 vp9_spatial_scalable_encoder.SRCS += ivfenc.c ivfenc.h
 vp9_spatial_scalable_encoder.SRCS += tools_common.c tools_common.h
diff --git a/vp9_spatial_scalable_encoder.c b/examples/vp9_spatial_scalable_encoder.c
similarity index 100%
rename from vp9_spatial_scalable_encoder.c
rename to examples/vp9_spatial_scalable_encoder.c