diff --git a/docs/examples/.gitignore b/docs/examples/.gitignore
index 42429d8f8..7443de010 100644
--- a/docs/examples/.gitignore
+++ b/docs/examples/.gitignore
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ multi-single
 persistant
 post-callback
 postit2
+resolve
 rtsp
 sendrecv
 sepheaders
diff --git a/docs/examples/Makefile.inc b/docs/examples/Makefile.inc
index c6a3e9c5b..d1ae9ddbb 100644
--- a/docs/examples/Makefile.inc
+++ b/docs/examples/Makefile.inc
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ check_PROGRAMS = 10-at-a-time anyauthput cookie_interface debug fileupload \
   https multi-app multi-debugcallback multi-double multi-post multi-single \
   persistant post-callback postit2 sepheaders simple simplepost simplessl  \
   sendrecv httpcustomheader certinfo chkspeed ftpgetinfo ftp-wildcard \
-  smtp-multi simplesmtp smtp-tls rtsp externalsocket
+  smtp-multi simplesmtp smtp-tls rtsp externalsocket resolve
 
 # These examples require external dependencies that may not be commonly
 # available on POSIX systems, so don't bother attempting to compile them here.
diff --git a/docs/examples/resolve.c b/docs/examples/resolve.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7b3e5656e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/examples/resolve.c
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+/***************************************************************************
+ *                                  _   _ ____  _
+ *  Project                     ___| | | |  _ \| |
+ *                             / __| | | | |_) | |
+ *                            | (__| |_| |  _ <| |___
+ *                             \___|\___/|_| \_\_____|
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 1998 - 2011, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
+ *
+ * This software is licensed as described in the file COPYING, which
+ * you should have received as part of this distribution. The terms
+ * are also available at http://curl.haxx.se/docs/copyright.html.
+ *
+ * You may opt to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute and/or sell
+ * copies of the Software, and permit persons to whom the Software is
+ * furnished to do so, under the terms of the COPYING file.
+ *
+ * This software is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.
+ *
+ ***************************************************************************/
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <curl/curl.h>
+
+int main(void)
+{
+  CURL *curl;
+  CURLcode res = CURLE_OK;
+  struct curl_slist *host = NULL;
+
+  /* Each single name resolve string should be written using the format
+     HOST:PORT:ADDRESS where HOST is the name libcurl will try to resolve,
+     PORT is the port number of the service where libcurl wants to connect to
+     the HOST and ADDRESS is the numerical IP address
+   */
+  host = curl_slist_append(NULL, "example.com:80:127.0.0.1");
+
+  curl = curl_easy_init();
+  if(curl) {
+    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_RESOLVE, host);
+    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "http://example.com");
+    res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
+
+    /* always cleanup */
+    curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
+  }
+
+  curl_slist_free_all(host);
+
+  return (int)res;
+}