diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 34a897327..4ac0f6f4e 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ option(LLAMA_QKK_64                          "llama: use super-block size of 64
 
 option(LLAMA_BUILD_TESTS                "llama: build tests"    ${LLAMA_STANDALONE})
 option(LLAMA_BUILD_EXAMPLES             "llama: build examples" ${LLAMA_STANDALONE})
-option(LLAMA_BUILD_SERVER               "llama: build server example"                           OFF)
+option(LLAMA_BUILD_SERVER               "llama: build server example"                           ON)
 
 #
 # Build info header