diff --git a/examples/a/a_test.py b/examples/a/a_test.py
index 379ba7b..dd76218 100644
--- a/examples/a/a_test.py
+++ b/examples/a/a_test.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import sys
-sys.path.insert(0, "../../build/default/examples/a")
+sys.path.insert(0, "../../build/examples/a")
 from a import *
 
 ADoA ()
diff --git a/examples/b/b_test.py b/examples/b/b_test.py
index 2fdf2c2..b996e3a 100644
--- a/examples/b/b_test.py
+++ b/examples/b/b_test.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import sys
-sys.path.insert(0, "../../build/default/examples/b")
+sys.path.insert(0, "../../build/examples/b")
 from b import *
 
 b = B ()
diff --git a/examples/boost_shared_ptr/bsp.cc b/examples/boost_shared_ptr/bsp.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..648c6c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/boost_shared_ptr/bsp.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#include "bsp.h"
+
+boost::shared_ptr<Foo> g_foo;
+
+void function_that_takes_foo(boost::shared_ptr<Foo> foo)
+{
+    g_foo = foo;
+}
+
+boost::shared_ptr<Foo> function_that_returns_foo()
+{
+    return g_foo;
+}
+
+
+
diff --git a/examples/boost_shared_ptr/bsp.h b/examples/boost_shared_ptr/bsp.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..625066d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/boost_shared_ptr/bsp.h
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+// -*- Mode: C++; c-file-style: "stroustrup"; indent-tabs-mode:nil; -*-
+#ifndef   	BSP_H_
+# define   	BSP_H_
+
+#include <string>
+#include <boost/shared_ptr.hpp>
+
+
+class Foo
+{
+    std::string m_datum;
+public:
+
+    Foo () : m_datum ("") {}
+
+    Foo (std::string const &datum) : m_datum (datum) {}
+
+    const std::string get_datum () const { return m_datum; }
+    
+    void set_datum (std::string const &datum) { m_datum = datum; }
+
+    virtual ~Foo() {}
+
+};
+
+void function_that_takes_foo (boost::shared_ptr<Foo> foo);
+boost::shared_ptr<Foo> function_that_returns_foo ();
+
+#endif 	    /* !FOO_H_ */
diff --git a/examples/boost_shared_ptr/bsp_test.py b/examples/boost_shared_ptr/bsp_test.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0b45b77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/boost_shared_ptr/bsp_test.py
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import sys
+import os.path
+sys.path.insert(0, os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)),
+                                '..', '..', 'build', 'examples', 'boost_shared_ptr'))
+
+import bsp
+
+
+f = bsp.Foo("hello123")
+bsp.function_that_takes_foo(f)
+f1 = bsp.function_that_returns_foo()
+print f1.get_datum()
+f.set_datum("xxxx")
+print f1.get_datum()
+
diff --git a/examples/boost_shared_ptr/modulegen.py b/examples/boost_shared_ptr/modulegen.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..a1fae86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/boost_shared_ptr/modulegen.py
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+#! /usr/bin/env python
+
+import sys, os
+sys.path.insert(0, os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)),
+                                '..', '..'))
+
+#import pybindgen
+#import pybindgen.utils
+#from pybindgen.typehandlers import base as typehandlers
+from pybindgen import Module, FileCodeSink, param, retval
+#from pybindgen import CppMethod, CppConstructor, CppClass, Enum
+#from pybindgen.function import CustomFunctionWrapper
+#from pybindgen.cppmethod import CustomCppMethodWrapper
+from pybindgen import cppclass
+
+#from pybindgen import param, retval
+
+import pybindgen.settings
+pybindgen.settings.deprecated_virtuals = False
+
+
+def my_module_gen(out_file):
+
+    mod = Module('bsp')
+
+    mod.add_include ('"bsp.h"')
+
+    Foo = mod.add_class('Foo', memory_policy=cppclass.BoostSharedPtr('::Foo'))
+
+    Foo.add_constructor([param('std::string', 'datum')])
+    Foo.add_constructor([])
+    Foo.add_method('get_datum', retval('const std::string'), [])
+    Foo.add_method('set_datum', None, [param('const std::string', 'datum')])
+
+
+    mod.add_function('function_that_takes_foo', None,
+                     [param('boost::shared_ptr<Foo>', 'foo')])
+
+    mod.add_function('function_that_returns_foo', retval('boost::shared_ptr<Foo>'), [])
+    
+    ## ---- finally, generate the whole thing ----
+    mod.generate(FileCodeSink(out_file))
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    my_module_gen(sys.stdout)
+
diff --git a/examples/boost_shared_ptr/wscript b/examples/boost_shared_ptr/wscript
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..72fcd31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/boost_shared_ptr/wscript
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+## -*- python -*-
+
+def build(bld):
+
+    gen = bld.new_task_gen(
+        features='command',
+        source='modulegen.py',
+        target='bspmodule.cc',
+        command='${PYTHON} ${SRC[0]} > ${TGT[0]}')
+
+    if bld.env['CXX']:
+        obj = bld.new_task_gen(features=['cxx', 'cxxshlib', 'pyext'])
+        obj.source = [
+            'bsp.cc',
+            'bspmodule.cc'
+            ]
+        obj.target = 'bsp'
+        obj.install_path = None # do not install
+        obj.includes = '.'
+
diff --git a/examples/buffer/c_test.py b/examples/buffer/c_test.py
index 6ed7e06..22baffc 100644
--- a/examples/buffer/c_test.py
+++ b/examples/buffer/c_test.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import sys
-sys.path.insert(0, "../../build/default/examples/buffer")
+sys.path.insert(0, "../../build/examples/buffer")
 import c
 
 print c.GetBufferLen()
diff --git a/examples/c/c_test.py b/examples/c/c_test.py
index 1c70876..371b515 100644
--- a/examples/c/c_test.py
+++ b/examples/c/c_test.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import sys
-sys.path.insert(0, "../../build/default/examples/c")
+sys.path.insert(0, "../../build/examples/c")
 from c import *
 
 c = C (10)
diff --git a/examples/callback/c_test.py b/examples/callback/c_test.py
index 2dda1d3..f5d814b 100644
--- a/examples/callback/c_test.py
+++ b/examples/callback/c_test.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import sys
-sys.path.insert(0, "../../build/default/examples/callback")
+sys.path.insert(0, "../../build/examples/callback")
 import c
 
 def visitor(value):
diff --git a/examples/d/d_test.py b/examples/d/d_test.py
index c62f3fc..36715d3 100644
--- a/examples/d/d_test.py
+++ b/examples/d/d_test.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import sys
-sys.path.insert(0, "../../build/default/examples/d")
+sys.path.insert(0, "../../build/examples/d")
 from d import *
 
 
diff --git a/examples/e/e_test.py b/examples/e/e_test.py
index 8f95a2e..4683cd5 100644
--- a/examples/e/e_test.py
+++ b/examples/e/e_test.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import sys
-sys.path.insert(0, "../../build/default/examples/e")
+sys.path.insert(0, "../../build/examples/e")
 from e import *
 
 e = E ()
diff --git a/examples/g/g_test.py b/examples/g/g_test.py
index b326868..b9fbdf3 100644
--- a/examples/g/g_test.py
+++ b/examples/g/g_test.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import sys
-sys.path.insert(0, "../../build/default/examples/g")
+sys.path.insert(0, "../../build/examples/g")
 from g import *
 from g.G import GDoB
 from g.G.GInner import GDoC
diff --git a/examples/h/h_test.py b/examples/h/h_test.py
index 01f4346..dabd592 100644
--- a/examples/h/h_test.py
+++ b/examples/h/h_test.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import sys
-sys.path.insert(0, "../../build/default/examples/h")
+sys.path.insert(0, "../../build/examples/h")
 from h import *
 
 h = H()
diff --git a/examples/wscript b/examples/wscript
index 0116749..d10e90c 100644
--- a/examples/wscript
+++ b/examples/wscript
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ def build(bld):
     bld.add_subdirs('a b c d e f g h')
     bld.add_subdirs('callback')
     bld.add_subdirs('buffer')
-    #if bld.env['HAVE_BOOST']:
-    #    bld.add_subdirs('shared_ptr')
+    if bld.env['ENABLE_BOOST_SHARED_PTR']:
+        bld.add_subdirs('boost_shared_ptr')
 
 def configure(conf):
     pass