diff --git a/sample/signal-test.c b/sample/signal-test.c
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+/*
+ * Compile with:
+ * cc -I/usr/local/include -o signal-test \
+ *   signal-test.c -L/usr/local/lib -levent
+ */
+
+#include <sys/types.h>
+
+#include <event2/event-config.h>
+
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#ifndef WIN32
+#include <sys/queue.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <sys/time.h>
+#else
+#include <winsock2.h>
+#include <windows.h>
+#endif
+#include <signal.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+
+#include <event.h>
+
+#ifdef _EVENT___func__
+#define __func__ _EVENT___func__
+#endif
+
+int called = 0;
+
+static void
+signal_cb(evutil_socket_t fd, short event, void *arg)
+{
+	struct event *signal = arg;
+
+	printf("%s: got signal %d\n", __func__, EVENT_SIGNAL(signal));
+
+	if (called >= 2)
+		event_del(signal);
+
+	called++;
+}
+
+int
+main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+	struct event signal_int;
+	struct event_base* base;
+#ifdef WIN32
+	WORD wVersionRequested;
+	WSADATA wsaData;
+
+	wVersionRequested = MAKEWORD(2, 2);
+
+	(void) WSAStartup(wVersionRequested, &wsaData);
+#endif
+
+	/* Initalize the event library */
+	base = event_base_new();
+
+	/* Initalize one event */
+	event_assign(&signal_int, base, SIGINT, EV_SIGNAL|EV_PERSIST, signal_cb,
+	    &signal_int);
+
+	event_add(&signal_int, NULL);
+
+	event_base_dispatch(base);
+	event_base_free(base);
+
+	return (0);
+}
+