diff --git a/cmake/BornAgain/Directories.cmake b/cmake/BornAgain/Directories.cmake
index 541583491c19c2bbe21c7ab4e389fe8df51a40cb..89bf9da3a03a5b9b50424d3c6cb26e2ea81012bb 100644
--- a/cmake/BornAgain/Directories.cmake
+++ b/cmake/BornAgain/Directories.cmake
@@ -36,10 +36,12 @@ set(EXAMPLES_SRC_DIR ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/rawEx)
 set(EXAMPLES_DATA_DIR ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/testdata)
 set(EXAMPLES_PUBL_DIR ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/auto/Examples)
 set(EXAMPLES_TEST_DIR ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/auto/MiniExamples)
+set(EXAMPLES_FIGURES_DIR ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/auto/FigExamples)
 
 file(MAKE_DIRECTORY ${AUTO_WRAP_DIR})
 file(MAKE_DIRECTORY ${EXAMPLES_PUBL_DIR})
 file(MAKE_DIRECTORY ${EXAMPLES_TEST_DIR})
+file(MAKE_DIRECTORY ${EXAMPLES_FIGURES_DIR})
 
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # output directories