diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a16877a..7164dd3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ Makefile
 libtool
 pipi/pipi.pc
 genethumb/genethumb
+examples/blur
 examples/img2rubik
 stamp-h1
 .auto
diff --git a/examples/Makefile.am b/examples/Makefile.am
index 8ccef3d..e9737d3 100644
--- a/examples/Makefile.am
+++ b/examples/Makefile.am
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@
 
 AM_CPPFLAGS = -I$(top_srcdir) -I$(top_srcdir)/pipi
 
-bin_PROGRAMS = img2rubik
+bin_PROGRAMS = img2rubik blur
+
+blur_SOURCES = blur.c
+blur_LDADD = ../pipi/libpipi.la
 
 img2rubik_SOURCES = img2rubik.c
 img2rubik_LDADD = ../pipi/libpipi.la
diff --git a/examples/blur.c b/examples/blur.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d90d355
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/blur.c
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+#include "config.h"
+#include "common.h"
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+#include <pipi.h>
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+    char *srcname = NULL, *dstname = NULL;
+    pipi_image_t *img, *newimg;
+
+    if(argc < 3)
+    {
+        fprintf(stderr, "%s: too few arguments\n", argv[0]);
+        fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s <src> <radius> <dest>\n", argv[0]);
+        return EXIT_FAILURE;
+    }
+
+    srcname = argv[1];
+    dstname = argv[3];
+
+    img = pipi_load(srcname);
+    newimg = pipi_gaussian_blur(img, atof(argv[2]));
+    pipi_free(img);
+
+    pipi_save(newimg, dstname);
+    pipi_free(newimg);
+
+    return 0;
+}
+