diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a202e10..c3d2d0c 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8.11)
 project(qhttpengine)
 
 option(BUILD_DOC "Build Doxygen documentation" OFF)
+option(BUILD_EXAMPLES "Build the example applications" OFF)
 option(BUILD_TESTS "Build the test suite" OFF)
 
 set(PROJECT_NAME "QHttpEngine")
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@ set(PROJECT_VERSION_MINOR 1)
 set(PROJECT_VERSION_PATCH 0)
 set(PROJECT_VERSION "${PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR}.${PROJECT_VERSION_MINOR}.${PROJECT_VERSION_PATCH}")
 
-find_package(Qt5Network REQUIRED)
+find_package(Qt5Network 5.1 REQUIRED)
 
 set(CMAKE_INCLUDE_CURRENT_DIR ON)
 set(CMAKE_AUTOMOC ON)
@@ -24,6 +25,10 @@ if(BUILD_DOC)
     add_subdirectory(doc)
 endif()
 
+if(BUILD_EXAMPLES)
+    add_subdirectory(examples)
+endif()
+
 if(BUILD_TESTS)
     enable_testing()
     add_subdirectory(tests)
diff --git a/examples/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7afee5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+find_package(Qt5Gui 5.1)
+
+set(EXAMPLES_INSTALL_DIR lib/qhttpengine/examples)
+
+if(Qt5Gui_FOUND)
+    add_subdirectory(fileserver)
+endif()
diff --git a/examples/fileserver/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/fileserver/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fe3f467
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/fileserver/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+set(SRC
+    main.cpp
+)
+
+add_executable(fileserver WIN32 ${SRC})
+qt5_use_modules(fileserver Widgets)
+target_link_libraries(fileserver qhttpengine)
+
+set_target_properties(fileserver PROPERTIES
+    RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}"
+)
+
+install(TARGETS fileserver
+    RUNTIME DESTINATION ${EXAMPLES_INSTALL_DIR}/fileserver
+)
+
+install(FILES ${SRC}
+    DESTINATION ${EXAMPLES_INSTALL_DIR}/fileserver
+)
diff --git a/examples/fileserver/main.cpp b/examples/fileserver/main.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e08563b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/fileserver/main.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2015 Nathan Osman
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+ * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to
+ * deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the
+ * rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or
+ * sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+ * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+ * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+ * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
+ * FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS
+ * IN THE SOFTWARE.
+ */
+
+#include <QApplication>
+
+int main(int argc, char * argv[])
+{
+    QApplication a(argc, argv);
+
+    return a.exec();
+}