diff --git a/docs/examples/Makefile.am b/docs/examples/Makefile.am
index a05b8706c..6414e7d1d 100644
--- a/docs/examples/Makefile.am
+++ b/docs/examples/Makefile.am
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = foreign no-dependencies
 
 EXTRA_DIST = README curlgtk.c sepheaders.c simple.c postit.c postit2.c \
 	     win32sockets.c persistant.c ftpget.c Makefile.example \
-	     multithread.c getinmemory.c ftpupload.c
+	     multithread.c getinmemory.c ftpupload.c httpput.c
 
 all:
 	@echo "done"
diff --git a/docs/examples/httpput.c b/docs/examples/httpput.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..78275c40a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/examples/httpput.c
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+/*****************************************************************************
+ *                                  _   _ ____  _     
+ *  Project                     ___| | | |  _ \| |    
+ *                             / __| | | | |_) | |    
+ *                            | (__| |_| |  _ <| |___ 
+ *                             \___|\___/|_| \_\_____|
+ *
+ * $Id$
+ */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+
+#include <curl/curl.h>
+
+/*
+ * This example shows a HTTP PUT operation. PUTs a file given as a command
+ * line argument to the URL also given on the command line.
+ *
+ * This example also uses its own read callback.
+ */
+
+size_t read_callback(void *ptr, size_t size, size_t nmemb, void *stream)
+{
+  size_t retcode;
+
+  /* in real-world cases, this would probably get this data differently
+     as this fread() stuff is exactly what the library already would do
+     by default internally */
+  retcode = fread(ptr, size, nmemb, stream);
+
+  fprintf(stderr, "*** We read %d bytes from file\n", retcode);
+
+  return retcode;
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+  CURL *curl;
+  CURLcode res;
+  FILE *ftpfile;
+  FILE * hd_src ;
+  int hd ;
+  struct stat file_info;
+
+  char *file;
+  char *url;
+
+  if(argc < 3)
+    return 1;
+ 
+  file= argv[1];
+  url = argv[2];
+  
+  /* get the file size of the local file */
+  hd = open(file, O_RDONLY) ;
+  fstat(hd, &file_info);
+  close(hd) ;
+
+  /* get a FILE * of the same file, could also be made with
+     fdopen() from the previous descriptor, but hey this is just 
+     an example! */
+  hd_src = fopen(file, "rb");
+
+  /* In windows, this will init the winsock stuff */
+  curl_global_init(CURL_GLOBAL_ALL);
+
+  /* get a curl handle */
+  curl = curl_easy_init();
+  if(curl) {
+    /* we want to use our own read function */
+    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_READFUNCTION, read_callback);
+
+    /* enable uploading */
+    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_UPLOAD, TRUE) ;
+
+    /* HTTP PUT please */
+    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_PUT, TRUE);
+
+    /* specify target */
+    curl_easy_setopt(curl,CURLOPT_URL, url);
+
+    /* now specify which file to upload */
+    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_INFILE, hd_src);
+
+    /* and give the size of the upload (optional) */
+    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_INFILESIZE, file_info.st_size);
+
+    /* Now run off and do what you've been told! */
+    res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
+
+    /* always cleanup */
+    curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
+  }
+  fclose(hd_src); /* close the local file */
+
+  curl_global_cleanup();
+  return 0;
+}