diff --git a/posix.mak b/posix.mak
index c7d73baa1eea..0cb1f032b1f5 100644
--- a/posix.mak
+++ b/posix.mak
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ clean:
 	$(RM) tags
 
 test:
+	$(QUIET)$(MAKE) -C src -f posix.mak build-examples
 	$(QUIET)$(MAKE) -C src -f posix.mak unittest
 	$(QUIET)$(MAKE) -C test -f Makefile
 
diff --git a/src/examples/.gitignore b/src/examples/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fc66ac17e297
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/examples/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# Ignore all binary files (files without an extension)
+# Start: Ignore everything
+*
+# Include directories
+!*/
+# Include all files with extensions
+!*.*
+
+# Ignore DUB files
+.dub
diff --git a/src/examples/avg.d b/src/examples/avg.d
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 4eb32f5c891f..8677a2a66a9a
--- a/src/examples/avg.d
+++ b/src/examples/avg.d
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env dub
+/+dub.sdl:
+dependency "dmd" path="../.."
++/
 /* This file contains an example on how to use the transitive visitor.
    It implements a visitor which computes the average function length from
    a *.d file.
diff --git a/src/examples/impvisitor.d b/src/examples/impvisitor.d
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 4c34dbb30f84..edaf3eee9156
--- a/src/examples/impvisitor.d
+++ b/src/examples/impvisitor.d
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-module examples.impvisitor;
+#!/usr/bin/env dub
+/+dub.sdl:
+dependency "dmd" path="../.."
++/
 
 import ddmd.permissivevisitor;
 import ddmd.transitivevisitor;
@@ -67,3 +70,52 @@ extern(C++) class ImportVisitor(AST) : PermissiveVisitor!AST
             }
     }
 }
+
+void main()
+{
+    import std.stdio;
+    import std.file;
+    import std.path : buildPath, dirName;
+
+    import ddmd.parse;
+    import ddmd.astbase;
+
+    import ddmd.id;
+    import ddmd.globals;
+    import ddmd.identifier;
+
+    import core.memory;
+
+    GC.disable();
+    string path = __FILE_FULL_PATH__.dirName.buildPath("../../../phobos/std/");
+    string regex = "*.d";
+
+    auto dFiles = dirEntries(path, regex, SpanMode.depth);
+    foreach (f; dFiles)
+    {
+        string fn = f.name;
+        //writeln("Processing ", fn);
+
+        Id.initialize();
+        global._init();
+        global.params.isLinux = true;
+        global.params.is64bit = (size_t.sizeof == 8);
+        global.params.useUnitTests = true;
+        ASTBase.Type._init();
+
+        auto id = Identifier.idPool(fn);
+        auto m = new ASTBase.Module(&(fn.dup)[0], id, false, false);
+        auto input = readText(fn);
+
+        //writeln("Started parsing...");
+        scope p = new Parser!ASTBase(m, input, false);
+        p.nextToken();
+        m.members = p.parseModule();
+        //writeln("Finished parsing. Starting transitive visitor");
+
+        scope vis = new ImportVisitor2!ASTBase();
+        m.accept(vis);
+
+        //writeln("Finished!");
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/examples/test_parser.d b/src/examples/test_parser.d
deleted file mode 100644
index 02a291c754b5..000000000000
--- a/src/examples/test_parser.d
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-import std.stdio;
-import std.file;
-
-import ddmd.parse;
-import ddmd.astbase;
-
-import examples.impvisitor;
-
-import ddmd.id;
-import ddmd.globals;
-import ddmd.identifier;
-
-import core.memory;
-
-void main()
-{
-
-    GC.disable();
-    string path = "../../phobos/std/";
-    string regex = "*.d";
-
-    auto dFiles = dirEntries(path, regex, SpanMode.depth);
-    foreach (f; dFiles)
-    {
-        string fn = f.name;
-        //writeln("Processing ", fn);
-
-        Id.initialize();
-        global._init();
-        global.params.isLinux = true;
-        global.params.is64bit = (size_t.sizeof == 8);
-        global.params.useUnitTests = true;
-        ASTBase.Type._init();
-
-        auto id = Identifier.idPool(fn);
-        auto m = new ASTBase.Module(&(fn.dup)[0], id, false, false);
-        auto input = readText(fn);
-
-        //writeln("Started parsing...");
-        scope p = new Parser!ASTBase(m, input, false);
-        p.nextToken();
-        m.members = p.parseModule();
-        //writeln("Finished parsing. Starting transitive visitor");
-
-        scope vis = new ImportVisitor2!ASTBase();
-        m.accept(vis);
-
-        //writeln("Finished!");
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/posix.mak b/src/posix.mak
index 1ce77a87b784..dffd5c49fa5e 100644
--- a/src/posix.mak
+++ b/src/posix.mak
@@ -309,8 +309,6 @@ ROOT_SRCS = $(addsuffix .d,$(addprefix $(ROOT)/,aav array ctfloat file \
 	filename man outbuffer port response rmem rootobject speller \
 	stringtable hash))
 
-PARSER_SRCS=$(addsuffix .d, $(addprefix $D/,parse astbase parsetimevisitor transitivevisitor permissivevisitor strictvisitor))
-
 GLUE_OBJS =
 
 ifeq (osx,$(OS))
@@ -438,15 +436,6 @@ $G/backend.a: $(G_OBJS) $(SRC_MAKE)
 $G/lexer.a: $(LEXER_SRCS) $(LEXER_ROOT) $(HOST_DMD_PATH) $(SRC_MAKE)
 	CC="$(HOST_CXX)" $(HOST_DMD_RUN) -lib -of$@ $(MODEL_FLAG) -J$G -L-lstdc++ $(DFLAGS) $(LEXER_SRCS) $(LEXER_ROOT)
 
-$G/parser.a: $(PARSER_SRCS) $G/lexer.a $(ROOT_SRCS) $(HOST_DMD_PATH) $(SRC_MAKE)
-	CC="$(HOST_CXX)" $(HOST_DMD_RUN) -lib -of$@ $(MODEL_FLAG) -L-lstdc++ $(DFLAGS) $(PARSER_SRCS) $G/lexer.a $(ROOT_SRCS)
-
-parser_test: $G/parser.a $(EX)/test_parser.d $(HOST_DMD_PATH)
-	CC="$(HOST_CXX)" $(HOST_DMD_RUN) -of$@ $(MODEL_FLAG) -L-lstdc++ $(DFLAGS) $G/parser.a $(EX)/test_parser.d $(EX)/impvisitor.d
-
-example_avg: $G/parser.a $(EX)/avg.d $(HOST_DMD_PATH)
-	CC="$(HOST_CXX)" $(HOST_DMD_RUN) -of$@ $(MODEL_FLAG) -L-lstdc++ $(DFLAGS) $G/parser.a $(EX)/avg.d
-
 $G/dmd_frontend: $(FRONT_SRCS) $D/gluelayer.d $(ROOT_SRCS) $G/newdelete.o $G/lexer.a $(STRING_IMPORT_FILES) $(HOST_DMD_PATH)
 	CC="$(HOST_CXX)" $(HOST_DMD_RUN) -of$@ $(MODEL_FLAG) -vtls -J$G -J../res -L-lstdc++ $(DFLAGS) $(filter-out $(STRING_IMPORT_FILES) $(HOST_DMD_PATH),$^) -version=NoBackend
 
@@ -467,9 +456,23 @@ $G/dmd-unittest: $(DMD_SRCS) $(ROOT_SRCS) $G/newdelete.o $G/lexer.a $(G_GLUE_OBJ
 unittest: $G/dmd-unittest
 	$<
 
+######## DMD as a library examples
+
+EXAMPLES=$(addprefix $G/examples/, avg impvisitor)
+PARSER_SRCS=$(addsuffix .d, $(addprefix $D/,parse astbase parsetimevisitor transitivevisitor permissivevisitor strictvisitor))
+
+$G/parser.a: $(PARSER_SRCS) $(LEXER_SRCS) $(ROOT_SRCS) $G/dmd $G/dmd.conf $(SRC_MAKE)
+	CC="$(HOST_CXX)" $G/dmd -lib -of$@ $(MODEL_FLAG) -L-lstdc++ -J$G $(DFLAGS) $(PARSER_SRCS) $(LEXER_SRCS) $(ROOT_SRCS)
+
+$G/examples/%: $(EX)/%.d $G/parser.a $G/dmd
+	CC="$(HOST_CXX)" $G/dmd -of$@ $(MODEL_FLAG) $(DFLAGS) $G/parser.a $<
+
+build-examples: $(EXAMPLES)
+
+######## Manual cleanup
+
 clean:
 	rm -R $(GENERATED)
-	rm -f parser_test parser_test.o example_avg example_avg.o
 	rm -f dmd
 	rm -f $(addprefix $D/backend/, $(optabgen_output))
 	@[ ! -d ${PGO_DIR} ] || echo You should issue manually: rm -rf ${PGO_DIR}