diff --git a/samples/BasicTutorial1.cs b/samples/BasicTutorial1.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4b2035d1f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/BasicTutorial1.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+// Authors
+//   Copyright (C) 2014 Stephan Sundermann <stephansundermann@gmail.com>
+
+using System;
+using Gst; 
+
+namespace GstreamerSharp
+{
+	class Playback
+	{
+		public static void Main (string[] args)
+		{
+			// Initialize Gstreamer
+			Application.Init(ref args);
+
+			// Build the pipeline
+			var pipeline = Parse.Launch("playbin uri=http://download.blender.org/durian/trailer/sintel_trailer-1080p.mp4");
+
+			// Start playing
+			pipeline.SetState(State.Playing);
+
+			// Wait until error or EOS
+			var bus = pipeline.Bus;
+			var msg = bus.TimedPopFiltered (Constants.CLOCK_TIME_NONE, MessageType.Eos | MessageType.Error);
+
+			// Free resources
+			if (msg != null)
+				msg.Dispose ();
+
+			bus.Dispose ();
+			pipeline.SetState (State.Null);
+			pipeline.Dispose ();
+		}
+	}
+}
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diff --git a/samples/Makefile.am b/samples/Makefile.am
index 38d6445ce4..4fcbb7c7c0 100644
--- a/samples/Makefile.am
+++ b/samples/Makefile.am
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-TARGETS = playback.exe video-overlay.exe
+TARGETS = playback.exe video-overlay.exe basic-tutorial-1.exe
 
 DEBUGS = $(addsuffix .mdb, $(TARGETS))
 assemblies = 					\
@@ -15,7 +15,10 @@ playback.exe: $(srcdir)/Playback.cs $(assemblies)
 video-overlay.exe: $(srcdir)/VideoOverlay.cs $(assemblies)
 	$(CSC) $(CSFLAGS) -out:video-overlay.exe $(references) $(GTK_SHARP_LIBS) $(srcdir)/VideoOverlay.cs
 
+basic-tutorial-1.exe: $(srcdir)/BasicTutorial1.cs $(assemblies)
+	$(CSC) $(CSFLAGS) -out:basic-tutorial-1.exe $(references) $(GLIB_SHARP_LIBS) $(srcdir)/BasicTutorial1.cs
 
 EXTRA_DIST = 				\
 	Playback.cs \
-    VideoOverlay.cs
+    VideoOverlay.cs \
+    BasicTutorial1.cs