diff --git a/projects/checksrc.bat b/projects/checksrc.bat
index bb24ed746..5c83aabf9 100644
--- a/projects/checksrc.bat
+++ b/projects/checksrc.bat
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ rem ***************************************************************************
   set CHECK_LIB=TRUE
   set CHECK_SRC=TRUE
   set CHECK_TESTS=TRUE
+  set CHECK_EXAMPLES=TRUE
 
 :parseArgs
   if "%~1" == "" goto prerequisites
@@ -44,14 +45,22 @@ rem ***************************************************************************
     set CHECK_LIB=TRUE
     set CHECK_SRC=FALSE
     set CHECK_TESTS=FALSE
+    set CHECK_EXAMPLES=FALSE
   ) else if /i "%~1" == "src" (
     set CHECK_LIB=FALSE
     set CHECK_SRC=TRUE
     set CHECK_TESTS=FALSE
+    set CHECK_EXAMPLES=FALSE
   ) else if /i "%~1" == "tests" (
     set CHECK_LIB=FALSE
     set CHECK_SRC=FALSE
     set CHECK_TESTS=TRUE
+    set CHECK_EXAMPLES=FALSE
+  ) else if /i "%~1" == "examples" (
+    set CHECK_LIB=FALSE
+    set CHECK_SRC=FALSE
+    set CHECK_TESTS=FALSE
+    set CHECK_EXAMPLES=TRUE
   ) else (
     if not defined SRC_DIR (
       set SRC_DIR=%~1%
@@ -131,6 +140,13 @@ rem ***************************************************************************
     )
   )
 
+  if "%CHECK_EXAMPLES%" == "TRUE" (
+    rem Check the docs\examples directory
+    if exist %SRC_DIR%\docs\examples (
+      for /f "delims=" %%i in ('dir "%SRC_DIR%\docs\examples\*.c.*" /b 2^>NUL') do @perl "%SRC_DIR%\lib\checksrc.pl" "-D%SRC_DIR%\docs\examples" "%%i"
+    )
+  )
+
   goto success
 
 :syntax
@@ -143,6 +159,7 @@ rem ***************************************************************************
   echo lib       - Scan the libcurl source
   echo src       - Scan the command-line tool source
   echo tests     - Scan the library tests and unit tests
+  echo examples  - Scan the examples
   echo.
   echo directory - Specifies the curl source directory
   goto success