diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 9c09aa8581..203607fd1d 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1839,6 +1839,7 @@ demos/gtk-demo/geninclude.pl
 demos/widget-factory/Makefile
 demos/icon-browser/Makefile
 examples/Makefile
+examples/bp/Makefile
 examples/application1/Makefile
 examples/application2/Makefile
 examples/application3/Makefile
diff --git a/examples/Makefile.am b/examples/Makefile.am
index f18b121711..710d4a35ec 100644
--- a/examples/Makefile.am
+++ b/examples/Makefile.am
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 SUBDIRS = \
+	bp \
 	application1 application2 application3 \
 	application4 application5 application6 \
 	application7 application8 application9 \
@@ -10,7 +11,6 @@ AM_CPPFLAGS = \
 	-I$(top_builddir)/gdk			\
 	-DGDK_DISABLE_DEPRECATED		\
 	-DGTK_DISABLE_DEPRECATED		\
-	-DSRCDIR=\"$(abs_srcdir)\"		\
 	$(GTK_DEBUG_FLAGS)			\
 	$(GTK_DEP_CFLAGS)
 
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ LDADD = \
 noinst_PROGRAMS = \
 	hello-world				\
 	window-default				\
-	bloatpad				\
 	plugman					\
 	sunny					\
 	action-namespace			\
diff --git a/examples/bp/Makefile.am b/examples/bp/Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5e92490bff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/bp/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+AM_CPPFLAGS = \
+	-DSRCDIR=\"$(abs_srcdir)\"	\
+	-I$(top_srcdir)			\
+	-I$(top_srcdir)/gdk		\
+	-I$(top_builddir)/gdk		\
+	$(GTK_DEBUG_FLAGS)		\
+	$(GTK_DEP_CFLAGS)
+
+LDADD = \
+        $(top_builddir)/gtk/libgtk-3.la \
+        $(top_builddir)/gdk/libgdk-3.la \
+        $(GTK_DEP_LIBS)
+
+noinst_PROGRAMS = bloatpad
+
+-include $(top_srcdir)/git.mk
diff --git a/examples/bloatpad.c b/examples/bp/bloatpad.c
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/bloatpad.c
rename to examples/bp/bloatpad.c