diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 71fd58d84f..ce1534d439 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -212,6 +212,8 @@ jobs:
           ./IfcParseExamples "../IfcParseExamples_test.ifc"
           ./IfcOpenHouse
           ./IfcAdvancedHouse
+          ./IfcAlignment
+          ./IfcSimplifiedAlignment
 
       - name: Test ifcopenshell-python
         run: |
diff --git a/src/examples/CMakeLists.txt b/src/examples/CMakeLists.txt
index 6c49648bcf..8e421b13b6 100644
--- a/src/examples/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/examples/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -88,14 +88,26 @@ if(STANDALONE_PROJECT OR SCHEMA_VERSIONS MATCHES "2x3")
     endif()
 endif()
 
-if(NOT STANDALONE_PROJECT AND SCHEMA_VERSIONS MATCHES "4x3_add2")
+if(STANDALONE_PROJECT OR SCHEMA_VERSIONS MATCHES "4x3_add2")
     add_executable(IfcAlignment IfcAlignment.cpp)
-    target_link_libraries(IfcAlignment ${IFCOPENSHELL_LIBRARIES})
-    set_target_properties(IfcAlignment PROPERTIES FOLDER Examples)
-
     add_executable(IfcSimplifiedAlignment IfcSimplifiedAlignment.cpp)
-    target_link_libraries(IfcSimplifiedAlignment ${IFCOPENSHELL_LIBRARIES})
-    set_target_properties(IfcSimplifiedAlignment PROPERTIES FOLDER Examples)
+    add_library(IfcAlignmentInterface INTERFACE)
+
+    if(STANDALONE_PROJECT)
+        target_include_directories(IfcAlignmentInterface INTERFACE "${IfcOpenShell_DIR}/../../../include")
+        target_include_directories(IfcAlignmentInterface INTERFACE ${Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+        target_compile_definitions(IfcAlignmentInterface INTERFACE HAS_SCHEMA_4x3_add2 IFOPSH_WITH_ROCKSDB)
+        target_link_libraries(IfcAlignment PRIVATE IfcOpenShell::IfcParse)
+        target_link_libraries(IfcSimplifiedAlignment PRIVATE IfcOpenShell::IfcParse)
+    else()
+        target_include_directories(IfcAlignmentInterface INTERFACE "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/../src")
+        target_link_libraries(IfcAlignmentInterface INTERFACE ${IFCOPENSHELL_LIBRARIES})
+        set_target_properties(IfcAlignment PROPERTIES FOLDER Examples)
+        set_target_properties(IfcSimplifiedAlignment PROPERTIES FOLDER Examples)
+    endif()
+
+    target_link_libraries(IfcAlignment PRIVATE IfcAlignmentInterface)
+    target_link_libraries(IfcSimplifiedAlignment PRIVATE IfcAlignmentInterface)
 
     install(TARGETS IfcAlignment IfcSimplifiedAlignment)
 endif()
diff --git a/src/examples/IfcAlignment.cpp b/src/examples/IfcAlignment.cpp
index 450bb8e5cb..d4e3ed0348 100644
--- a/src/examples/IfcAlignment.cpp
+++ b/src/examples/IfcAlignment.cpp
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@
 // Disable warnings coming from IfcOpenShell
 #pragma warning(disable : 4018 4267 4250 4984 4985)
 
-#include "../ifcparse/Ifc4x3_add2.h"
-#include "../ifcparse/IfcHierarchyHelper.h"
+#include "ifcparse/Ifc4x3_add2.h"
+#include "ifcparse/IfcHierarchyHelper.h"
 
 #include <boost/math/constants/constants.hpp>
 #include <fstream>
diff --git a/src/examples/IfcSimplifiedAlignment.cpp b/src/examples/IfcSimplifiedAlignment.cpp
index 4f4086f85d..bde0e59b61 100644
--- a/src/examples/IfcSimplifiedAlignment.cpp
+++ b/src/examples/IfcSimplifiedAlignment.cpp
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@
 // Disable warnings coming from IfcOpenShell
 #pragma warning(disable : 4018 4267 4250 4984 4985)
 
-#include "../ifcparse/Ifc4x3_add2.h"
-#include "../ifcparse/IfcAlignmentHelper.h"
+#include "ifcparse/Ifc4x3_add2.h"
+#include "ifcparse/IfcAlignmentHelper.h"
 
 #include <fstream>
 
diff --git a/src/examples/README.md b/src/examples/README.md
index fe309ed653..e2eb238b23 100644
--- a/src/examples/README.md
+++ b/src/examples/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-Example of building IfcParseExamples outside of the IfcOpenShell build tree.
+Example of building examples outside of the IfcOpenShell build tree.
 
 ```powershell
 $IFCOPENSHELL_ROOT="L:\Projects\Github\IfcOpenShell"
@@ -9,6 +9,13 @@ $PREFIX_PATH+=";$IFCOPENSHELL_ROOT\_deps-vs2022-x64-installed\rocksdb"
 $PREFIX_PATH+=";$IFCOPENSHELL_ROOT\_deps-vs2022-x64-installed\zstd"
 $PREFIX_PATH+=";L:\Software\usr\libxml2"
 
+# + Support for IfcHouse and IfcAlignment examples.
+$PREFIX_PATH+=";L:\Software\usr\eigen-3.3.9"
+$PREFIX_PATH+=";L:\Projects\Github\IfcOpenShell\_deps-vs2022-x64-installed\cgal"
+$PREFIX_PATH+=";L:\Projects\Github\IfcOpenShell\_deps-vs2022-x64-installed\mpir"
+$PREFIX_PATH+=";L:\Projects\Github\IfcOpenShell\_deps-vs2022-x64-installed\mpfr"
+$PREFIX_PATH+=";L:\Projects\Github\IfcOpenShell\_deps-vs2022-x64-installed\opencascade-7.8.1-new-layout"
+
 cmake .. -G Ninja -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="$PREFIX_PATH" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
 ninja -v
 ./IfcParseExamples.exe "../IfcParseExamples_test.ifc"