diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 8cce5e0..13867b4 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
 #!/usr/bin/make -f
+
+# We want to build only the library packages themselves, not the accompanying
+# example binaries.
+export DH_GOLANG_EXCLUDES := examples/
 
 %:
 	dh $@ --buildsystem=golang --with=golang
+