diff --git a/docs/examples/Makefile.am b/docs/examples/Makefile.am
index 176e7b6f2..7f7628634 100644
--- a/docs/examples/Makefile.am
+++ b/docs/examples/Makefile.am
@@ -6,8 +6,7 @@ AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = foreign no-dependencies
 
 EXTRA_DIST = 
 	README curlgtk.c sepheaders.c simple.c postit.c \
-	win32sockets.c persistant.c \
-	getpageinvar.php simpleget.php simplepost.php
+	win32sockets.c persistant.c ftpget.c
 
 all:
 	@echo "done"
diff --git a/docs/examples/ftpget.c b/docs/examples/ftpget.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bdf854521
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/examples/ftpget.c
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+/*****************************************************************************
+ *                                  _   _ ____  _     
+ *  Project                     ___| | | |  _ \| |    
+ *                             / __| | | | |_) | |    
+ *                            | (__| |_| |  _ <| |___ 
+ *                             \___|\___/|_| \_\_____|
+ *
+ * $Id$
+ */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+#include <curl/curl.h>
+#include <curl/types.h>
+#include <curl/easy.h>
+
+/* to make this work under windows, use the win32-functions from the
+   win32socket.c file as well */
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+  CURL *curl;
+  CURLcode res;
+  FILE *ftpfile;
+  
+  /* local file name to store the file as */
+  ftpfile = fopen("curl.tar.gz", "wb"); /* b is binary for win */
+
+  curl = curl_easy_init();
+  if(curl) {
+    /* Get curl 7.7 from sunet.se's FTP site: */
+    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL,
+                     "ftp://ftp.sunet.se/pub/www/utilities/curl/curl-7.7.tar.gz");
+    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_FILE, ftpfile);
+    res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
+
+    /* always cleanup */
+    curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
+  }
+
+  fclose(ftpfile); /* close the local file */
+
+  return 0;
+}