diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index aab00aa71647..41c57743926f 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2322,6 +2322,13 @@ endif()
 
 if(HPX_WITH_EXAMPLES)
   add_hpx_pseudo_target(examples)
+  if(HPX_WITH_FETCH_HWLOC AND "${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME}" STREQUAL "Windows" AND CMAKE_SIZEOF_VOID_P EQUAL 8)
+    add_custom_target(HwlocDLL ALL
+      COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E make_directory "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/$<CONFIG>/bin/"
+      COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_if_different "${HWLOC_ROOT}/bin/libhwloc-15.dll" "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/$<CONFIG>/bin/"
+    )
+    add_hpx_pseudo_dependencies(examples HwlocDLL)
+  endif()
 endif()
 
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