diff --git a/cmake/Macros.cmake b/cmake/Macros.cmake
index 02dc145e..be523459 100644
--- a/cmake/Macros.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Macros.cmake
@@ -217,6 +217,9 @@ macro(sfml_add_example target)
     # set the target flags to use the appropriate C++ standard library
     sfml_set_stdlib(${target})
 
+    # set the Visual Studio startup path for debugging
+    set_target_properties(${target} PROPERTIES VS_DEBUGGER_WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR})
+
     # link the target to its SFML dependencies
     if(THIS_DEPENDS)
         target_link_libraries(${target} PRIVATE ${THIS_DEPENDS})