diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 17e3f213..cf20f4ab 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 	* NEWS: Version 2.0b.
 
+	* Makefile.am (SUBDIRS): Put examples before tests, so that
+	"make check" doesn't finish with "All 1 tests passed".
+
 	* tests/regression.at (Token definitions): Don't rely on
 	AT_PARSER_CHECK for data that contains backslashes.  It currently
 	uses 'echo', and 'echo' isn't portable if its argument contains
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 2ae0c2f7..a6c39e1f 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4
 
-SUBDIRS = config po runtime-po lib data src doc tests examples
+SUBDIRS = config po runtime-po lib data src doc examples tests
 
 # Files installed for use by Automake.
 aclocaldir = @aclocaldir@