diff --git a/examples/bootstrap/.gitignore b/examples/bootstrap/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..796b96d1c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/bootstrap/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/build
diff --git a/examples/bootstrap/clean.sh b/examples/bootstrap/clean.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1582321863
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/bootstrap/clean.sh
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+rm -rf build
diff --git a/examples/bootstrap/package.lean b/examples/bootstrap/package.lean
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d262d83d5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/bootstrap/package.lean
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import Lake.Package
+
+open Lake System
+
+def package : PackageConfig := {
+  name := "lake"
+  version := "2.0-pre-bootstrap"
+  rootDir := FilePath.mk ".." / ".."
+  oleanDir := defaultBuildDir
+  linkArgs :=
+    if Platform.isWindows then
+      #["-Wl,--export-all"]
+    else
+      #["-rdynamic"]
+}
diff --git a/examples/bootstrap/package.sh b/examples/bootstrap/package.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b6449c2dd0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/bootstrap/package.sh
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../build/bin/Lake build-bin
diff --git a/examples/bootstrap/test.sh b/examples/bootstrap/test.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a8721478b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/bootstrap/test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+./clean.sh
+./package.sh
+./build/bin/lake help
diff --git a/examples/hello/bootstrap-test.sh b/examples/hello/bootstrap-test.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f6d33f4ddf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/hello/bootstrap-test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+./clean.sh
+../bootstrap/build/bin/Lake build-bin
+./build/bin/Hello
diff --git a/examples/test.sh b/examples/test.sh
index 1201d6ea1a..dfcedaae58 100644
--- a/examples/test.sh
+++ b/examples/test.sh
@@ -23,7 +23,15 @@ cd git
 ./test.sh
 cd ..
 
-echo 'testing ext'
-cd ext
+echo 'testing ffi'
+cd ffi
 ./test.sh
 cd ..
+
+echo "testing bootstrap"
+cd bootstrap
+./test.sh
+cd ..
+cd hello
+./bootstrap-test.sh
+cd ..