diff --git a/example/make/Jamroot b/example/make/Jamroot
index 4fb950b83..8f09ebaa7 100644
--- a/example/make/Jamroot
+++ b/example/make/Jamroot
@@ -1,23 +1,11 @@
 
-import notfile ;
-import common ;
+import toolset : flags ;
 
-exe main : main.cpp ;
-
-# Create 'main.cpp' from 'main.cpp.pro' using action
-# 'do-something' defined below. 
-#
+path-constant HERE : . ;
 make main.cpp : main_cpp.pro : @do-something ;
 
-# In this example, we'll just copy a file.
-# Need to find out the name of a command to copy a file.
-CP = [ common.copy-command ] ;
-
-# The action itself.
-# The 'CP' variable is defined below
-# $(>) is source 
-# $(<) is target
+flags do-something PYTHON : <python.interpreter> ;
 actions do-something
 {
-    $(CP) $(>) $(<)
+    $(PYTHON:E=python) $(HERE)/foo.py $(>) $(<)
 }
diff --git a/example/make/foo.py b/example/make/foo.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2c8df8542
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example/make/foo.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+
+import sys
+open(sys.argv[2], "w").write(open(sys.argv[1]).read())
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/example_make.py b/test/example_make.py
index 3eb360912..6430574a8 100644
--- a/test/example_make.py
+++ b/test/example_make.py
@@ -15,6 +15,6 @@ t.set_tree("../example/make")
 
 t.run_build_system()
 
-t.expect_addition(["bin/$toolset/debug/main.exe"])
+t.expect_addition(["bin/$toolset/debug/main.cpp"])
                    
 t.cleanup()