diff --git a/gtsam/3rdparty/CMakeLists.txt b/gtsam/3rdparty/CMakeLists.txt
index 799ea46c7..f06f4f769 100644
--- a/gtsam/3rdparty/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/gtsam/3rdparty/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -25,4 +25,6 @@ if(NOT GTSAM_USE_SYSTEM_EIGEN)
 		FILES_MATCHING PATTERN "*.h")
 endif()
 
+############ NOTE:  When updating GeographicLib be sure to disable building their examples
+############        by commenting out their line add_subdirectory (examples).
 add_subdirectory(GeographicLib)
diff --git a/gtsam/3rdparty/GeographicLib/CMakeLists.txt b/gtsam/3rdparty/GeographicLib/CMakeLists.txt
index f90893d23..6122d2910 100644
--- a/gtsam/3rdparty/GeographicLib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/gtsam/3rdparty/GeographicLib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -341,10 +341,10 @@ add_subdirectory (man)
 add_subdirectory (doc)
 add_subdirectory (matlab)
 add_subdirectory (python/geographiclib)
-if (GEOGRAPHICLIB_PRECISION EQUAL 2)
-  # The examples assume double precision
-  add_subdirectory (examples)
-endif ()
+# if (GEOGRAPHICLIB_PRECISION EQUAL 2)
+#   # The examples assume double precision
+#   add_subdirectory (examples)
+# endif ()
 if (BUILD_NETGEOGRAPHICLIB)
   set (NETGEOGRAPHICLIB_LIBRARIES NETGeographicLib)
   set (NETLIBNAME NETGeographic)