diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f79712cddc..f169ce9def 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -93,6 +93,8 @@ endef
 
 $(foreach D,$(FFLIBS),$(eval $(call DOSUBDIR,lib$(D))))
 
+include $(SRC_PATH)/doc/Makefile
+
 define DOPROG
 OBJS-$(1) += $(1).o $(EXEOBJS) $(OBJS-$(1)-yes)
 $(1)$(PROGSSUF)_g$(EXESUF): $$(OBJS-$(1))
@@ -168,7 +170,6 @@ config:
 
 check: all alltools examples testprogs fate
 
-include $(SRC_PATH)/doc/Makefile
 include $(SRC_PATH)/tests/Makefile
 
 $(sort $(OBJDIRS)):
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 6b0375bdff..4aeeb8075c 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1164,6 +1164,10 @@ COMPONENT_LIST="
     protocols
 "
 
+EXAMPLE_LIST="
+    muxing_example
+"
+
 EXTERNAL_LIBRARY_LIST="
     avisynth
     bzlib
@@ -1264,6 +1268,7 @@ PROGRAM_LIST="
 CONFIG_LIST="
     $COMPONENT_LIST
     $DOCUMENT_LIST
+    $EXAMPLE_LIST
     $EXTERNAL_LIBRARY_LIST
     $HWACCEL_LIST
     $LIBRARY_LIST
@@ -2269,6 +2274,9 @@ tinterlace_merge_test_deps="tinterlace_filter"
 tinterlace_pad_test_deps="tinterlace_filter"
 zmq_filter_deps="libzmq"
 
+# examples
+muxing_example_deps="avcodec avformat avutil swscale"
+
 # libraries
 avcodec_deps="avutil"
 avdevice_deps="avutil avcodec avformat"
@@ -2339,6 +2347,7 @@ host_os=$target_os_default
 # configurable options
 enable $PROGRAM_LIST
 enable $DOCUMENT_LIST
+enable $EXAMPLE_LIST
 enable $(filter_out avresample $LIBRARY_LIST)
 enable stripping
 
diff --git a/doc/Makefile b/doc/Makefile
index 17f34cfaf3..5856f3de01 100644
--- a/doc/Makefile
+++ b/doc/Makefile
@@ -36,6 +36,13 @@ DOCS-$(CONFIG_MANPAGES)  += $(MANPAGES)
 DOCS-$(CONFIG_TXTPAGES)  += $(TXTPAGES)
 DOCS = $(DOCS-yes)
 
+DOC_EXAMPLES-$(CONFIG_MUXING_EXAMPLE)           += muxing
+ALL_DOC_EXAMPLES = muxing
+
+DOC_EXAMPLES     := $(DOC_EXAMPLES-yes:%=doc/examples/%$(EXESUF))
+ALL_DOC_EXAMPLES := $(ALL_DOC_EXAMPLES:%=doc/examples/%$(EXESUF))
+PROGS            += $(DOC_EXAMPLES)
+
 all-$(CONFIG_DOC): doc
 
 doc: documentation
@@ -43,6 +50,8 @@ doc: documentation
 apidoc: doc/doxy/html
 documentation: $(DOCS)
 
+examples: $(DOC_EXAMPLES)
+
 TEXIDEP = awk '/^@(verbatim)?include/ { printf "$@: $(@D)/%s\n", $$2 }' <$< >$(@:%=%.d)
 
 doc/%.txt: TAG = TXT
@@ -84,6 +93,8 @@ doc/%.3: doc/%.pod $(GENTEXI)
 	$(M)pod2man --section=3 --center=" " --release=" " $< > $@
 
 $(DOCS) doc/doxy/html: | doc/
+$(DOC_EXAMPLES:%=%.o): | doc/examples
+OBJDIRS += doc/examples
 
 doc/doxy/html: $(SRC_PATH)/doc/Doxyfile $(INSTHEADERS)
 	$(M)$(SRC_PATH)/doc/doxy-wrapper.sh $(SRC_PATH) $^
@@ -129,7 +140,9 @@ distclean:: docclean
 	$(RM) doc/config.texi
 
 docclean:
-	$(RM) $(TXTPAGES) doc/*.html doc/*.pod doc/*.1 doc/*.3 $(CLEANSUFFIXES:%=doc/%) doc/avoptions_*.texi
+	$(RM) $(ALL_DOC_EXAMPLES)
+	$(RM) $(CLEANSUFFIXES:%=doc/%) $(CLEANSUFFIXES:%=doc/examples/%)
+	$(RM) $(TXTPAGES) doc/*.html doc/*.pod doc/*.1 doc/*.3 doc/avoptions_*.texi
 	$(RM) -r doc/doxy/html
 
 -include $(wildcard $(DOCS:%=%.d))