diff --git a/.ci/build-wheels-linux.sh b/.ci/build-wheels-linux.sh
index f2c698a29..8a0cbc95e 100755
--- a/.ci/build-wheels-linux.sh
+++ b/.ci/build-wheels-linux.sh
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ for PYBIN in /opt/python/*3*/bin; do
     if [[ $PYBIN != *"34"* ]]; then
         "${PYBIN}/pip" install --upgrade setuptools pip;
         "${PYBIN}/pip" install --upgrade cython nose pygments docutils;
-        USE_X11=1 USE_SDL2=1 USE_PANGOFT2=0 USE_GSTREAMER=0 PKG_CONFIG_PATH="$HOME/kivy_build/lib/pkgconfig" "${PYBIN}/pip" wheel --no-deps . -w dist/;
+        KIVY_SPLIT_EXAMPLES=1 USE_X11=1 USE_SDL2=1 USE_PANGOFT2=0 USE_GSTREAMER=0 PKG_CONFIG_PATH="$HOME/kivy_build/lib/pkgconfig" "${PYBIN}/pip" wheel --no-deps . -w dist/;
     fi
 done