diff --git a/trunk/daemon/Makefile.am b/trunk/daemon/Makefile.am
index 0c919005..d0a86886 100644
--- a/trunk/daemon/Makefile.am
+++ b/trunk/daemon/Makefile.am
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ EXAMPLE_FILES		=			\
 	examples/stopsession.py
 
 coreexdir		= $(datadir)/core/examples
-dist_coreex_DATA	= $(EXAMPLE_FILES)
+dist_coreex_SCRIPTS	= $(EXAMPLE_FILES)
 
 EXAMPLE_MYSERVICES_FILES =			\
 	examples/myservices/README.txt		\
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ EXAMPLE_NETNS_FILES	=				\
 	examples/netns/wlantest.py
 
 coreexnetnsdir		= $(coreexdir)/netns
-dist_coreexnetns_DATA	= $(EXAMPLE_NETNS_FILES)
+dist_coreexnetns_SCRIPTS= $(EXAMPLE_NETNS_FILES)
 
 EXAMPLE_SERVICES_FILES	=			\
 	examples/services/sampleFirewall	\
diff --git a/trunk/daemon/ns3/Makefile.am b/trunk/daemon/ns3/Makefile.am
index 62c998e7..352c1d11 100644
--- a/trunk/daemon/ns3/Makefile.am
+++ b/trunk/daemon/ns3/Makefile.am
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ EXAMPLE_FILES	=				\
 	examples/ns3wimax.py
 
 coreexampledir		= $(datadir)/core/examples/corens3
-dist_coreexample_DATA	= $(EXAMPLE_FILES)
+dist_coreexample_SCRIPTS= $(EXAMPLE_FILES)
 
 # Python package build
 noinst_SCRIPTS = build