diff --git a/SConstruct b/SConstruct
index 0ef2eddc4..7a462c889 100644
--- a/SConstruct
+++ b/SConstruct
@@ -1039,9 +1039,10 @@ if env['build_docs']:
     SConscript('doc/SConscript')
 
 if 'samples' in COMMAND_LINE_TARGETS or 'install' in COMMAND_LINE_TARGETS:
+    VariantDir('build/samples', 'samples', duplicate=0)
     sampledir_excludes = ['ct2ctml', '\\.o$', '^~$', 'xml$', '\\.in',
                           'SConscript', 'Makefile.am']
-    SConscript('samples/cxx/SConscript')
+    SConscript('build/samples/cxx/SConscript')
 
     # Install C++ samples
     inst = env.RecursiveInstall(pjoin('$inst_sampledir', 'cxx'),
@@ -1050,8 +1051,8 @@ if 'samples' in COMMAND_LINE_TARGETS or 'install' in COMMAND_LINE_TARGETS:
     installTargets.extend(inst)
 
     if env['f90_interface'] == 'y':
-        SConscript('samples/f77/SConscript')
-        SConscript('samples/f90/SConscript')
+        SConscript('build/samples/f77/SConscript')
+        SConscript('build/samples/f90/SConscript')
 
     if env['addInstallTargets'] and env['f90_interface'] == 'y':
         # install F90 / F77 samples
diff --git a/samples/cxx/SConscript b/samples/cxx/SConscript
index 3818bd1e0..81a6e68ef 100644
--- a/samples/cxx/SConscript
+++ b/samples/cxx/SConscript
@@ -41,3 +41,8 @@ for subdir, name, extensions in samples:
     localenv['tmpl_sourcename'] = name + '.cpp'
 
     sconstruct = localenv.SubstFile(pjoin(subdir, 'SConstruct'), 'SConstruct.in')
+    if env['addInstallTargets']:
+        inst = localenv.Install(pjoin('$inst_sampledir', 'cxx', subdir), makefile)
+        installTargets.extend(inst)
+        inst = localenv.Install(pjoin('$inst_sampledir', 'cxx', subdir), sconstruct)
+        installTargets.extend(inst)
diff --git a/samples/f77/SConscript b/samples/f77/SConscript
index 7c5275e9f..e021585d7 100644
--- a/samples/f77/SConscript
+++ b/samples/f77/SConscript
@@ -33,3 +33,9 @@ sconstruct = localenv.SubstFile('SConstruct', 'SConstruct.in')
 
 # Generate Makefile to be installed
 makefile = localenv.SubstFile('Makefile', 'Makefile.in')
+
+if env['addInstallTargets']:
+    inst = localenv.Install(pjoin('$inst_sampledir', 'f77'), makefile)
+    installTargets.extend(inst)
+    inst = localenv.Install(pjoin('$inst_sampledir', 'f77'), sconstruct)
+    installTargets.extend(inst)
diff --git a/samples/f90/SConscript b/samples/f90/SConscript
index f37b585b2..5758573db 100644
--- a/samples/f90/SConscript
+++ b/samples/f90/SConscript
@@ -32,3 +32,9 @@ for programName, sources in samples:
     localenv['make_target'] = programName
     localenv['make_sourcefile'] = programName + '.f90'
     makefile = localenv.SubstFile('Makefile', 'Makefile.in')
+
+    if env['addInstallTargets']:
+        inst = localenv.Install(pjoin('$inst_sampledir', 'f90'), makefile)
+        installTargets.extend(inst)
+        inst = localenv.Install(pjoin('$inst_sampledir', 'f90'), sconstruct)
+        installTargets.extend(inst)