diff --git a/google/cloud/bigtable/CMakeLists.txt b/google/cloud/bigtable/CMakeLists.txt
index 766b24a288925..82e0c1c8a384a 100644
--- a/google/cloud/bigtable/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/google/cloud/bigtable/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -432,6 +432,7 @@ endif ()
 # Only compile integration tests and benchmarks if testing is enabled.
 if (BUILD_TESTING)
     add_subdirectory(admin/integration_tests)
+    add_subdirectory(admin/samples)
     add_subdirectory(benchmarks)
     add_subdirectory(tests)
 endif ()
diff --git a/google/cloud/bigtable/admin/samples/CMakeLists.txt b/google/cloud/bigtable/admin/samples/CMakeLists.txt
index 0347ad33a8639..43103825b6616 100644
--- a/google/cloud/bigtable/admin/samples/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/google/cloud/bigtable/admin/samples/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@ if ((NOT BUILD_TESTING) OR (NOT GOOGLE_CLOUD_CPP_ENABLE_CXX_EXCEPTIONS))
     return()
 endif ()
 
-google_cloud_cpp_add_samples(admin)
+google_cloud_cpp_add_samples(bigtable)