diff --git a/examples/opengl/framebufferobject2/framebufferobject2.pro b/examples/opengl/framebufferobject2/framebufferobject2.pro
index d26751ab0e1..3a0dbb4446b 100644
--- a/examples/opengl/framebufferobject2/framebufferobject2.pro
+++ b/examples/opengl/framebufferobject2/framebufferobject2.pro
@@ -10,3 +10,9 @@ INSTALLS += target
 
 
 simulator: warning(This example might not fully work on Simulator platform)
+
+contains(QT_CONFIG, opengles.) {
+    contains(QT_CONFIG, angle): \
+        warning("Qt was built with ANGLE, which provides only OpenGL ES 2.0 on top of DirectX 9.0c")
+    error("This example requires Qt to be configured with -opengl desktop")
+}
diff --git a/examples/opengl/grabber/grabber.pro b/examples/opengl/grabber/grabber.pro
index a60dbbe2dc6..c4c54c7c325 100644
--- a/examples/opengl/grabber/grabber.pro
+++ b/examples/opengl/grabber/grabber.pro
@@ -11,3 +11,9 @@ INSTALLS += target
 
 
 simulator: warning(This example might not fully work on Simulator platform)
+
+contains(QT_CONFIG, opengles.) {
+    contains(QT_CONFIG, angle): \
+        warning("Qt was built with ANGLE, which provides only OpenGL ES 2.0 on top of DirectX 9.0c")
+    error("This example requires Qt to be configured with -opengl desktop")
+}
diff --git a/examples/opengl/hellogl/hellogl.pro b/examples/opengl/hellogl/hellogl.pro
index acaca356350..42913835a21 100644
--- a/examples/opengl/hellogl/hellogl.pro
+++ b/examples/opengl/hellogl/hellogl.pro
@@ -16,3 +16,9 @@ INSTALLS += target
 
 
 simulator: warning(This example might not fully work on Simulator platform)
+
+contains(QT_CONFIG, opengles.) {
+    contains(QT_CONFIG, angle): \
+        warning("Qt was built with ANGLE, which provides only OpenGL ES 2.0 on top of DirectX 9.0c")
+    error("This example requires Qt to be configured with -opengl desktop")
+}
diff --git a/examples/opengl/overpainting/overpainting.pro b/examples/opengl/overpainting/overpainting.pro
index 08fe9b3dae7..141c8cb7ce5 100644
--- a/examples/opengl/overpainting/overpainting.pro
+++ b/examples/opengl/overpainting/overpainting.pro
@@ -15,3 +15,9 @@ target.path = $$[QT_INSTALL_EXAMPLES]/opengl/overpainting
 INSTALLS += target
 
 simulator: warning(This example might not fully work on Simulator platform)
+
+contains(QT_CONFIG, opengles.) {
+    contains(QT_CONFIG, angle): \
+        warning("Qt was built with ANGLE, which provides only OpenGL ES 2.0 on top of DirectX 9.0c")
+    error("This example requires Qt to be configured with -opengl desktop")
+}
diff --git a/examples/opengl/pbuffers/pbuffers.pro b/examples/opengl/pbuffers/pbuffers.pro
index 1a9882c45d8..57bb3aa32ab 100644
--- a/examples/opengl/pbuffers/pbuffers.pro
+++ b/examples/opengl/pbuffers/pbuffers.pro
@@ -11,3 +11,9 @@ target.path = $$[QT_INSTALL_EXAMPLES]/opengl/pbuffers
 INSTALLS += target
 
 simulator: warning(This example might not fully work on Simulator platform)
+
+contains(QT_CONFIG, opengles.) {
+    contains(QT_CONFIG, angle): \
+        warning("Qt was built with ANGLE, which provides only OpenGL ES 2.0 on top of DirectX 9.0c")
+    error("This example requires Qt to be configured with -opengl desktop")
+}
diff --git a/examples/opengl/pbuffers2/pbuffers2.pro b/examples/opengl/pbuffers2/pbuffers2.pro
index 31fd22cced3..c53309d1fa5 100644
--- a/examples/opengl/pbuffers2/pbuffers2.pro
+++ b/examples/opengl/pbuffers2/pbuffers2.pro
@@ -9,3 +9,9 @@ target.path = $$[QT_INSTALL_EXAMPLES]/opengl/pbuffers2
 INSTALLS += target
 
 simulator: warning(This example might not fully work on Simulator platform)
+
+contains(QT_CONFIG, opengles.) {
+    contains(QT_CONFIG, angle): \
+        warning("Qt was built with ANGLE, which provides only OpenGL ES 2.0 on top of DirectX 9.0c")
+    error("This example requires Qt to be configured with -opengl desktop")
+}
diff --git a/examples/opengl/samplebuffers/samplebuffers.pro b/examples/opengl/samplebuffers/samplebuffers.pro
index 5793ea3e68f..d16993adfe4 100644
--- a/examples/opengl/samplebuffers/samplebuffers.pro
+++ b/examples/opengl/samplebuffers/samplebuffers.pro
@@ -9,3 +9,9 @@ INSTALLS += target
 
 
 simulator: warning(This example might not fully work on Simulator platform)
+
+contains(QT_CONFIG, opengles.) {
+    contains(QT_CONFIG, angle): \
+        warning("Qt was built with ANGLE, which provides only OpenGL ES 2.0 on top of DirectX 9.0c")
+    error("This example requires Qt to be configured with -opengl desktop")
+}