diff --git a/src/kernel/apps/Jamfile b/src/kernel/apps/Jamfile
index 50dd7b341a..fa1f54152b 100644
--- a/src/kernel/apps/Jamfile
+++ b/src/kernel/apps/Jamfile
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 SubDir OBOS_TOP src kernel apps ;
 
 KernelObjects
+	exec_test.c
 	false_main.c
 	fibo_main.c
 	init.c
diff --git a/src/kernel/apps/exec_test.c b/src/kernel/apps/exec_test.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4f6c9bae17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/kernel/apps/exec_test.c
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+/* 
+** Copyright 2004, Axel Dörfler, axeld@pinc-software.de. All rights reserved.
+** Distributed under the terms of the Haiku License.
+*/
+
+
+#include <OS.h>
+
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+
+
+int
+main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+	printf("exec_test: this is thread %ld\n", find_thread(NULL));
+
+	if (argc < 2) {
+		puts("going to execl()...");
+		execl("/bin/exec_test", "/bin/exec_test", "argument 1", NULL);
+		printf("execl() returned: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+	} else {
+		int i;
+		puts("got arguments:");
+		for (i = 0; i < argc; i++)
+			printf("%d: \"%s\"\n", i, argv[i]);
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+