diff --git a/swig/CMakeLists.txt b/swig/CMakeLists.txt
index f9b9fc6ce4..86020cc3c2 100644
--- a/swig/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/swig/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ if(BUILD_SWIG_JAVA)
   find_package(JNI REQUIRED)
   target_include_directories(javalammps PRIVATE ${JNI_INCLUDE_DIRS})
   swig_link_libraries(javalammps PRIVATE lammps ${JNI_LIBRARIES})
+  configure_file(run_java_example.sh run_java_example.sh COPYONLY)
 endif()
 
 if(BUILD_SWIG_LUA)
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ if(BUILD_SWIG_LUA)
   find_package(Lua REQUIRED)
   target_include_directories(lualammps PRIVATE ${LUA_INCLUDE_PATH})
   swig_link_libraries(lualammps PRIVATE lammps ${LUA_LIBRARY})
+  configure_file(run_lua_example.sh run_lua_example.sh COPYONLY)
 endif()
 
 if(BUILD_SWIG_PERL5)
@@ -46,6 +48,7 @@ if(BUILD_SWIG_PERL5)
   target_compile_definitions(pllammps PRIVATE _LARGEFILE64_SOURCE)
   target_include_directories(pllammps PRIVATE ${PERL_INCLUDE_PATH})
   swig_link_libraries(pllammps PRIVATE lammps ${PERL_LIBRARY})
+  configure_file(run_perl_example.sh run_perl_example.sh COPYONLY)
 endif()
 
 if(BUILD_SWIG_PYTHON)
@@ -53,6 +56,7 @@ if(BUILD_SWIG_PYTHON)
   swig_add_library(pylammps TYPE MODULE LANGUAGE python SOURCES lammps.i)
   find_package(Python REQUIRED COMPONENTS Development)
   swig_link_libraries(pylammps PRIVATE lammps Python::Python)
+  configure_file(run_python_example.sh run_python_example.sh COPYONLY)
 endif()
 
 if(BUILD_SWIG_RUBY)
@@ -61,6 +65,7 @@ if(BUILD_SWIG_RUBY)
   find_package(Ruby REQUIRED)
   target_include_directories(rubylammps PRIVATE ${RUBY_INCLUDE_DIRS})
   swig_link_libraries(rubylammps PRIVATE lammps ${RUBY_LIBRARY})
+  configure_file(run_ruby_example.sh run_ruby_example.sh COPYONLY)
 endif()
 
 if(BUILD_SWIG_TCL)
@@ -69,5 +74,6 @@ if(BUILD_SWIG_TCL)
   find_package(TCL REQUIRED)
   target_include_directories(tcllammps PRIVATE ${TCL_INCLUDE_PATH})
   swig_link_libraries(tcllammps PRIVATE lammps ${TCL_LIBRARY})
+  configure_file(run_tcl_example.sh run_tcl_example.sh COPYONLY)
 endif()