diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 25cedbcd..700d7729 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ INCLUDEDIR=$(PREFIX)/include
 LZ4DIR  = lib
 PRGDIR  = programs
 TESTDIR = tests
+EXDIR   = examples
 
 
 # Define nul output
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@ all:
 	@$(MAKE) -C $(LZ4DIR) $@
 	@$(MAKE) -C $(PRGDIR) $@
 	@$(MAKE) -C $(TESTDIR) $@
+	@$(MAKE) -C $(EXDIR) $@
 
 lib:
 	@$(MAKE) -C $(LZ4DIR)
@@ -73,6 +75,7 @@ clean:
 	@$(MAKE) -C $(PRGDIR) $@ > $(VOID)
 	@$(MAKE) -C $(TESTDIR) $@ > $(VOID)
 	@$(MAKE) -C $(LZ4DIR) $@ > $(VOID)
+	@$(MAKE) -C $(EXDIR) $@ > $(VOID)
 	@$(MAKE) -C examples $@ > $(VOID)
 	@$(RM) lz4$(EXT)
 	@echo Cleaning completed
diff --git a/examples/HCStreaming_ringBuffer.c b/examples/HCStreaming_ringBuffer.c
index cfae9d74..a9c00f42 100644
--- a/examples/HCStreaming_ringBuffer.c
+++ b/examples/HCStreaming_ringBuffer.c
@@ -68,8 +68,9 @@ void test_compress(FILE* outFp, FILE* inpFp)
         if (0 == inpBytes) break;
 
         {
-            char cmpBuf[LZ4_COMPRESSBOUND(MESSAGE_MAX_BYTES)];
-            const int cmpBytes = LZ4_compressHC_continue(lz4Stream, inpPtr, cmpBuf, inpBytes);
+#define CMPBUFSIZE (LZ4_COMPRESSBOUND(MESSAGE_MAX_BYTES))
+            char cmpBuf[CMPBUFSIZE];
+            const int cmpBytes = LZ4_compress_HC_continue(lz4Stream, inpPtr, cmpBuf, inpBytes, CMPBUFSIZE);
 
             if(cmpBytes <= 0) break;
             write_int32(outFp, cmpBytes);
@@ -97,7 +98,7 @@ void test_decompress(FILE* outFp, FILE* inpFp)
     for(;;)
     {
         int  cmpBytes = 0;
-        char cmpBuf[LZ4_COMPRESSBOUND(MESSAGE_MAX_BYTES)];
+        char cmpBuf[CMPBUFSIZE];
 
         {
             const size_t r0 = read_int32(inpFp, &cmpBytes);
diff --git a/examples/blockStreaming_ringBuffer.c b/examples/blockStreaming_ringBuffer.c
index beb5e661..697d342c 100644
--- a/examples/blockStreaming_ringBuffer.c
+++ b/examples/blockStreaming_ringBuffer.c
@@ -64,8 +64,9 @@ void test_compress(FILE* outFp, FILE* inpFp)
         if (0 == inpBytes) break;
 
         {
-            char cmpBuf[LZ4_COMPRESSBOUND(MESSAGE_MAX_BYTES)];
-            const int cmpBytes = LZ4_compress_continue(lz4Stream, inpPtr, cmpBuf, inpBytes);
+#define CMPBUFSIZE (LZ4_COMPRESSBOUND(MESSAGE_MAX_BYTES))
+            char cmpBuf[CMPBUFSIZE];
+            const int cmpBytes = LZ4_compress_fast_continue(lz4Stream, inpPtr, cmpBuf, inpBytes, CMPBUFSIZE, 0);
             if(cmpBytes <= 0) break;
             write_int32(outFp, cmpBytes);
             write_bin(outFp, cmpBuf, cmpBytes);
@@ -90,7 +91,7 @@ void test_decompress(FILE* outFp, FILE* inpFp)
 
     for(;;) {
         int cmpBytes = 0;
-        char cmpBuf[LZ4_COMPRESSBOUND(MESSAGE_MAX_BYTES)];
+        char cmpBuf[CMPBUFSIZE];
 
         {
             const size_t r0 = read_int32(inpFp, &cmpBytes);