diff --git a/solr/build.xml b/solr/build.xml
index a1c4e3ff1ba..996fbc010a9 100644
--- a/solr/build.xml
+++ b/solr/build.xml
@@ -226,7 +226,21 @@
   </target>
     
   <!-- Validation (license/notice/api checks). -->
-  <target name="validate" depends="check-licenses,rat-sources,check-forbidden-apis" description="Validate stuff." />
+  <target name="validate" depends="check-example-lucene-match-version,check-licenses,rat-sources,check-forbidden-apis" description="Validate stuff." />
+
+  <target name="check-example-lucene-match-version">
+    <fail message="Some example solrconfig.xml files do not refer to the correct luceneMatchVersion: ${tests.luceneMatchVersion}">
+      <condition>
+        <resourcecount when="greater" count="0">
+          <fileset dir="${example}" includes="**/solrconfig.xml">
+            <not>
+              <contains text="&lt;luceneMatchVersion&gt;${tests.luceneMatchVersion}&lt;" casesensitive="no"/>
+            </not>
+          </fileset>
+        </resourcecount>
+      </condition>
+    </fail>
+  </target>
 
   <target name="check-licenses" depends="compile-tools,resolve,load-custom-tasks" description="Validate license stuff.">
     <license-check-macro dir="${basedir}" licensedir="${common-solr.dir}/licenses">