diff --git a/src/examples/ecore/ecore_audio_custom.c b/src/examples/ecore/ecore_audio_custom.c
index 05d970c497..7e5b3513df 100644
--- a/src/examples/ecore/ecore_audio_custom.c
+++ b/src/examples/ecore/ecore_audio_custom.c
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 // Compile with:
 // gcc -o ecore_audio_custom ecore_audio_custom.c `pkg-config --libs --cflags ecore ecore-audio`
-#define EFL_BETA_API_SUPPORT
+#ifndef EFL_BETA_API_SUPPORT
+# define EFL_BETA_API_SUPPORT
+#endif
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
diff --git a/src/examples/ecore/ecore_audio_playback.c b/src/examples/ecore/ecore_audio_playback.c
index 79262ffd6e..09a7325d7d 100644
--- a/src/examples/ecore/ecore_audio_playback.c
+++ b/src/examples/ecore/ecore_audio_playback.c
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 // Compile with:
 // gcc -o ecore_audio_playback ecore_audio_playback.c `pkg-config --libs --cflags ecore eina ecore-audio`
-#define EFL_BETA_API_SUPPORT
+#ifndef EFL_BETA_API_SUPPORT
+# define EFL_BETA_API_SUPPORT
+#endif
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <string.h>
diff --git a/src/examples/ecore/ecore_audio_to_ogg.c b/src/examples/ecore/ecore_audio_to_ogg.c
index a76b727b79..e387fe942a 100644
--- a/src/examples/ecore/ecore_audio_to_ogg.c
+++ b/src/examples/ecore/ecore_audio_to_ogg.c
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 // Compile with:
 // gcc -o ecore_audio_to_ogg ecore_audio_to_ogg.c `pkg-config --libs --cflags ecore eina ecore-audio`
-#define EFL_BETA_API_SUPPORT
+#ifndef EFL_BETA_API_SUPPORT
+# define EFL_BETA_API_SUPPORT
+#endif
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <libgen.h>