diff --git a/run-example.sh b/run-example.sh
index 3d7667df32fc..1c064ac1256a 100755
--- a/run-example.sh
+++ b/run-example.sh
@@ -111,4 +111,4 @@ done
 
 cd "`dirname "$0"`"/example
 echo "[INFO] Running: $EXAMPLE ($EXAMPLE_CLASS $EXAMPLE_ARGS)"
-exec mvn -q -nsu compile exec:exec -Dcheckstyle.skip=true -Dforcenpn="$FORCE_NPN" -DargLine.example="$EXAMPLE_ARGS" -DexampleClass="$EXAMPLE_CLASS"
+exec mvn -q -nsu compile exec:exec -Dcheckstyle.skip=true -Dforbiddenapis.skip=true -Dforcenpn="$FORCE_NPN" -DargLine.example="$EXAMPLE_ARGS" -DexampleClass="$EXAMPLE_CLASS"