diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index 53cc372f9d..9d4d09426e 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -190,8 +190,9 @@ rxgen: $(DIR_roken) config
 rx: config lwp rxgen rx_depinstall util rxgk_depinstall
 	+${COMPILE_PART1} rx ${COMPILE_PART2}
 
-rx_test: rx libafsrpc
+rx_test: rx libafsrpc libafsauthent
 	+${COMPILE_PART1} rx/test ${COMPILE_PART2}
+	+${COMPILE_PART1} rx/simple.example ${COMPILE_PART2}
 
 rxstat: rx rxstat_depinstall
 	+${COMPILE_PART1} rxstat ${COMPILE_PART2}
diff --git a/src/rx/Makefile.in b/src/rx/Makefile.in
index 77b37bda40..00e182fcb6 100644
--- a/src/rx/Makefile.in
+++ b/src/rx/Makefile.in
@@ -183,6 +183,7 @@ dest: librx.a
 #
 clean:
 	cd test && $(MAKE) clean
+	cd simple.example && $(MAKE) clean
 	$(LT_CLEAN)
 	$(RM) -f *.o *.a core *_component_version_number.c
 
diff --git a/src/rx/simple.example/Makefile.in b/src/rx/simple.example/Makefile.in
index 1054d01b61..5ac46f2724 100644
--- a/src/rx/simple.example/Makefile.in
+++ b/src/rx/simple.example/Makefile.in
@@ -19,20 +19,22 @@ LIBS=$(TOP_LIBDIR)/libafsauthent.a $(TOP_LIBDIR)/libafsrpc.a \
 
 all: sample_client sample_server
 
+install dest:
+
 sample_client: sample_client.o ${LIBS} sample.cs.o
-	$(AFS_LDRULE) sample_client.o sample.cs.o ${LIBS}
+	$(AFS_LDRULE) sample_client.o sample.cs.o ${LIBS} ${LIB_hcrypto} ${LIB_roken}
 
 sample_server: sample_server.o sample.ss.o ${LIBS}
-	$(AFS_LDRULE) sample_server.o sample.ss.o ${LIBS}
+	$(AFS_LDRULE) sample_server.o sample.ss.o ${LIBS} ${LIB_hcrypto} ${LIB_roken}
 
 sample_client.o:	sample.h
 sample_server.o:	sample.h
 sample.cs.c: sample.xg
-	$(RXGEN) -A -x -C -o $@ sample.xg
+	$(RXGEN) -A -x -C -o $@ ${srcdir}/sample.xg
 sample.ss.c: sample.xg
-	$(RXGEN) -A -x -S -o $@ sample.xg
+	$(RXGEN) -A -x -S -o $@ ${srcdir}/sample.xg
 sample.h: sample.xg
-	$(RXGEN) -A -x -h -o $@ sample.xg
+	$(RXGEN) -A -x -h -o $@ ${srcdir}/sample.xg
 
 clean:
 	rm -f *.o sample.cs.c sample.ss.c sample_client sample_server