diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index dd90866..e7768ee 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-all: libblob.a libblob.so
+all: libblob.a libblob.so simple-example
 
 SOURCE:=$(wildcard *.c)
 HEADERS:=$(wildcard *.h)
 OBJECTS:=$(patsubst %.c,%.o,$(SOURCE))
 LDFLAGS+=-ljson-c
-CFLAGS+=-fPIC
+CFLAGS+=-g -std=gnu99 -fPIC
 
 libblob.a: $(OBJECTS)
 	$(AR) rcs -o $@ $^ 
@@ -15,5 +15,8 @@ libblob.so: $(OBJECTS)
 %.o: %.c 
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -c -o $@ $^
 
+simple-example: examples/simple.c libblob.a
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -I. -o $@ $^ -L. -lblob -ljson-c
+
 clean: 
-	rm -f *.o
+	rm -f *.o *.a *.so
diff --git a/examples/simple.c b/examples/simple.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5be8dd5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/simple.c
@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <inttypes.h>
+
+#include <blobpack.h>
+
+static const char *indent_str = "\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t";
+
+#define indent_printf(indent, ...) do { \
+	if (indent > 0) \
+		fwrite(indent_str, indent, 1, stderr); \
+	fprintf(stderr, __VA_ARGS__); \
+} while(0)
+
+static void dump_attr_data(struct blob_attr *data, int indent, int next_indent);
+
+static void
+dump_table(struct blob_attr *head, int len, int indent, bool array)
+{
+	struct blob_attr *attr;
+	struct blobmsg_hdr *hdr;
+
+	indent_printf(indent, "{\n");
+	__blob_buf_for_each_attr(attr, head, len) {
+		hdr = blob_attr_data(attr);
+		if (!array)
+			indent_printf(indent + 1, "%s : ", hdr->name);
+		dump_attr_data(attr, 0, indent + 1);
+	}
+	indent_printf(indent, "}\n");
+}
+
+static void dump_attr_data(struct blob_attr *data, int indent, int next_indent)
+{
+	int type = blobmsg_type(data);
+	switch(type) {
+	case BLOBMSG_TYPE_STRING:
+		indent_printf(indent, "%s\n", blobmsg_get_string(data));
+		break;
+	case BLOBMSG_TYPE_INT8:
+		indent_printf(indent, "%d\n", blobmsg_get_u8(data));
+		break;
+	case BLOBMSG_TYPE_INT16:
+		indent_printf(indent, "%d\n", blobmsg_get_u16(data));
+		break;
+	case BLOBMSG_TYPE_INT32:
+		indent_printf(indent, "%d\n", blobmsg_get_u32(data));
+		break;
+	case BLOBMSG_TYPE_INT64:
+		indent_printf(indent, "%"PRIu64"\n", blobmsg_get_u64(data));
+		break;
+	case BLOBMSG_TYPE_TABLE:
+	case BLOBMSG_TYPE_ARRAY:
+		if (!indent)
+			indent_printf(indent, "\n");
+		dump_table(blobmsg_data(data), blobmsg_data_len(data),
+			   next_indent, type == BLOBMSG_TYPE_ARRAY);
+		break;
+	}
+}
+
+enum {
+	FOO_MESSAGE,
+	FOO_LIST,
+	FOO_TESTDATA
+};
+
+static const struct blobmsg_policy pol[] = {
+	[FOO_MESSAGE] = {
+		.name = "message",
+		.type = BLOBMSG_TYPE_STRING,
+	},
+	[FOO_LIST] = {
+		.name = "list",
+		.type = BLOBMSG_TYPE_ARRAY,
+	},
+	[FOO_TESTDATA] = {
+		.name = "testdata",
+		.type = BLOBMSG_TYPE_TABLE,
+	},
+};
+
+#ifndef ARRAY_SIZE
+#define ARRAY_SIZE(x) (sizeof(x) / sizeof((x)[0]))
+#endif
+
+static void dump_message(struct blob_buf *buf)
+{
+	struct blob_attr *tb[ARRAY_SIZE(pol)];
+
+	if (blobmsg_parse(pol, ARRAY_SIZE(pol), tb, blob_attr_data(buf->head), blob_attr_len(buf->head)) != 0) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "Parse failed\n");
+		return;
+	}
+	if (tb[FOO_MESSAGE])
+		fprintf(stderr, "Message: %s\n", (char *) blobmsg_data(tb[FOO_MESSAGE]));
+
+	if (tb[FOO_LIST]) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "List: ");
+		dump_table(blobmsg_data(tb[FOO_LIST]), blobmsg_data_len(tb[FOO_LIST]), 0, true);
+	}
+	if (tb[FOO_TESTDATA]) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "Testdata: ");
+		dump_table(blobmsg_data(tb[FOO_TESTDATA]), blobmsg_data_len(tb[FOO_TESTDATA]), 0, false);
+	}
+}
+
+static void
+fill_message(struct blob_buf *buf)
+{
+	void *tbl;
+
+	blobmsg_add_string(buf, "message", "Hello, world!");
+
+	tbl = blobmsg_open_table(buf, "testdata");
+	blobmsg_add_u32(buf, "hello", 1);
+	blobmsg_add_string(buf, "world", "2");
+	blobmsg_close_table(buf, tbl);
+
+	tbl = blobmsg_open_array(buf, "list");
+	blobmsg_add_u32(buf, NULL, 0);
+	blobmsg_add_u32(buf, NULL, 1);
+	blobmsg_add_u32(buf, NULL, 2);
+	blobmsg_close_table(buf, tbl);
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+	struct blob_buf buf;
+	
+	blob_buf_init(&buf);
+	for(int c = 0; c < 10; c++){
+		blobmsg_init(&buf); 
+		fill_message(&buf);
+		dump_message(&buf);
+		char *json = blobmsg_format_json(buf.head, true); 
+	 	printf("json: %s\n", json);
+		free(json); 
+	}
+
+	blob_buf_free(&buf); 
+	return 0;
+}