diff --git a/examples/aobench_instrumented/Makefile b/examples/aobench_instrumented/Makefile
index 9921cf3e..d0b27cbf 100644
--- a/examples/aobench_instrumented/Makefile
+++ b/examples/aobench_instrumented/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-CXX=g++ -m64
+CXX=clang++ -m64
 CXXFLAGS=-Iobjs/ -g3 -Wall
 ISPC=ispc
 ISPCFLAGS=-O2 --instrument --arch=x86-64 --target=sse2
diff --git a/examples/common.mk b/examples/common.mk
index 367d3eb3..db7b8eee 100644
--- a/examples/common.mk
+++ b/examples/common.mk
@@ -3,14 +3,14 @@ TASK_CXX=../tasksys.cpp
 TASK_LIB=-lpthread
 TASK_OBJ=objs/tasksys.o
 
-CXX=g++
-CXXFLAGS=-Iobjs/ -O2
-CC=gcc
-CCFLAGS=-Iobjs/ -O2
+CXX=clang++
+CXXFLAGS+=-Iobjs/ -O2
+CC=clang
+CCFLAGS+=-Iobjs/ -O2
 
 LIBS=-lm $(TASK_LIB) -lstdc++
 ISPC=ispc
-ISPC_FLAGS=-O2
+ISPC_FLAGS+=-O2
 ISPC_HEADER=objs/$(ISPC_SRC:.ispc=_ispc.h)
 
 ARCH:=$(shell uname -m | sed -e s/x86_64/x86/ -e s/i686/x86/ -e s/arm.*/arm/ -e s/sa110/arm/)
diff --git a/examples/simple/Makefile b/examples/simple/Makefile
index 80f09193..dce7942b 100644
--- a/examples/simple/Makefile
+++ b/examples/simple/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-CXX=g++ -m64
+CXX=clang++ -m64
 CXXFLAGS=-Iobjs/ -O3 -Wall
 ISPC=ispc
 ISPCFLAGS=-O2 --arch=x86-64 --target=sse2