diff --git a/examples/grpc/clientguide/client/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/grpc/clientguide/client/CMakeLists.txt
index 246cd818..a392e017 100644
--- a/examples/grpc/clientguide/client/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/grpc/clientguide/client/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ qt_add_grpc(clientguide_client CLIENT
 target_link_libraries(clientguide_client PRIVATE Qt6::Protobuf Qt6::Grpc)
 #! [0]
 
+target_compile_definitions(clientguide_client PRIVATE
+        SERVER_PATH="$<TARGET_FILE:clientguide_server>")
+
 install(TARGETS clientguide_client
     RUNTIME DESTINATION "${INSTALL_EXAMPLEDIR}"
     BUNDLE DESTINATION "${INSTALL_EXAMPLEDIR}"
diff --git a/examples/grpc/clientguide/client/main.cpp b/examples/grpc/clientguide/client/main.cpp
index 15eff2f9..293bdc73 100644
--- a/examples/grpc/clientguide/client/main.cpp
+++ b/examples/grpc/clientguide/client/main.cpp
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ void startServerProcess()
     });
     serverProcess.setProcessChannelMode(QProcess::MergedChannels);
     serverProcess.setReadChannel(QProcess::StandardOutput);
-    serverProcess.start("./clientguide_server");
+    serverProcess.start(SERVER_PATH);
     if (!serverProcess.waitForStarted()) {
         qFatal() << "Couldn't start the server: " << serverProcess.errorString();
         exit(EXIT_FAILURE);