diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 955a7f3..931a762 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.0)
 project(i3ipc++)
 
-OPTION(I3IPCpp_WITH_TESTS "Build unit tests executables" OFF)
+option(I3IPCpp_WITH_TESTS "Build unit tests executables" OFF)
+option(I3IPCpp_BUILD_EXAMPLES "Build example executables" OFF)
 
-SET(BUILD_STATIC_LIBS ON)
-SET(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS OFF)
+set(BUILD_STATIC_LIBS ON)
+set(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS OFF)
 add_subdirectory(3rd/jsoncpp)
 UNSET(BUILD_STATIC_LIBS)
 UNSET(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
@@ -31,9 +32,20 @@ set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE} -O2")
 file(GLOB_RECURSE SRC src/*.cpp)
 add_library(i3ipc++_static STATIC ${SRC})
 
-SET(I3IPCpp_LIBRARY_DIRS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR} PARENT_SCOPE)
-SET(I3IPCpp_INCLUDE_DIRS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/include/ PARENT_SCOPE)
-SET(I3IPCpp_LIBRARIES i3ipc++_static ${SIGCPP_LIBRARIES} jsoncpp_lib_static PARENT_SCOPE)
+set(I3IPCpp_LIBRARY_DIRS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})
+set(I3IPCpp_INCLUDE_DIRS
+	3rd/auss/include
+	${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/include/
+)
+set(I3IPCpp_LIBRARIES i3ipc++_static ${SIGCPP_LIBRARIES} jsoncpp_lib_static)
+
+set(I3IPCpp_LIBRARY_DIRS ${I3IPCpp_LIBRARY_DIRS} PARENT_SCOPE)
+set(I3IPCpp_INCLUDE_DIRS ${I3IPCpp_INCLUDE_DIRS} PARENT_SCOPE)
+set(I3IPCpp_LIBRARIES ${I3IPCpp_LIBRARIES} PARENT_SCOPE)
+
+if(I3IPCpp_BUILD_EXAMPLES)
+	add_subdirectory(examples)
+endif()
 
 if(I3IPCpp_WITH_TESTS)
 	find_package(CxxTest)
diff --git a/examples/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3be1743
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.0)
+project(i3ipc++-examples)
+
+include_directories(
+	${I3IPCpp_INCLUDE_DIRS}
+)
+
+link_directories(
+	${I3IPCpp_LIBRARY_DIRS}
+)
+
+set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -std=c++11 -Wall -Wextra -Wno-unused-parameter")
+set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG} -g3 -DDEBUG")
+set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE} -O2")
+
+add_executable(workspaces workspaces.cpp)
+target_link_libraries(workspaces ${I3IPCpp_LIBRARIES})
diff --git a/examples/workspaces.cpp b/examples/workspaces.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f21710d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/workspaces.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#include <iostream>
+
+#include <i3ipc++/ipc.hpp>
+
+int  main() {
+	i3ipc::I3Connection  conn;
+	for (auto&  w : conn.get_workspaces()) {
+		std::cout << '#' << std::hex << w.num << std::dec
+			<< "\n\tName: " << w.name
+			<< "\n\tVisible: " << w.visible
+			<< "\n\tFocused: " << w.focused
+			<< "\n\tUrgent: " << w.urgent
+			<< "\n\tRect: "
+			<< "\n\t\tX: " << w.rect.x
+			<< "\n\t\tY: " << w.rect.y
+			<< "\n\t\tWidth: " << w.rect.width
+			<< "\n\t\tHeight: " << w.rect.height
+			<< "\n\tOutput: " << w.output
+			<< std::endl;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}