diff --git a/examples/dune b/examples/dune
index 985480d9..f623f8d0 100644
--- a/examples/dune
+++ b/examples/dune
@@ -1,10 +1,26 @@
 
 (executable
-  (name sse_clock)
-  (modules sse_clock)
+  (name sse_server)
+  (modules sse_server)
   (libraries tiny_httpd unix ptime ptime.clock.os))
 
 (executable
   (name sse_client)
   (modules sse_client)
   (libraries unix))
+
+(rule
+  (targets test_output.txt)
+  (deps (:script ./run_test.sh) ./sse_client.exe ./sse_server.exe)
+  (enabled_if (= %{system} "linux"))
+  (package tiny_httpd)
+  (action
+    (with-stdout-to %{targets} (run %{script}))))
+
+(rule
+  (alias runtest)
+  (package tiny_httpd)
+  (enabled_if (= %{system} "linux"))
+  (deps test_output.txt)
+  (action
+    (diff test_output.txt.expected test_output.txt)))
diff --git a/examples/run_test.sh b/examples/run_test.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..e522747d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/run_test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+PORT=8082
+
+./sse_server.exe -p $PORT &
+sleep 0.1
+./sse_client.exe -p $PORT --alarm=1 /count | tr -d '\r' || true
+
+kill %1
+echo "success"
diff --git a/examples/sse_client.ml b/examples/sse_client.ml
index 3e7ef6f5..9ba011e4 100644
--- a/examples/sse_client.ml
+++ b/examples/sse_client.ml
@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
 let addr = ref "127.0.0.1"
 let port = ref 8080
+let path = ref "/clock"
 
 let bufsize = 1024
 
 let () =
   Arg.parse (Arg.align [
+      "-h", Arg.Set_string addr, " address to connect to";
       "-p", Arg.Set_int port, " port to connect to";
-    ]) (fun s -> addr := s) "sse_client [opt]* [addr]?";
+      "--alarm", Arg.Int (fun i->Unix.alarm i|>ignore), " set alarm (in seconds)";
+    ]) (fun s -> path := s) "sse_client [opt]* path?";
 
   Format.printf "connect to %s:%d@." !addr !port;
   let sock = Unix.socket Unix.PF_INET Unix.SOCK_STREAM 0 in
@@ -15,7 +18,7 @@ let () =
 
   let ic = Unix.in_channel_of_descr sock in
   let oc = Unix.out_channel_of_descr sock in
-  output_string oc "GET /clock HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: localhost\r\n\r\n";
+  Printf.fprintf oc "GET %s HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: localhost\r\n\r\n" !path;
   flush oc;
 
   let continue = ref true in
@@ -25,4 +28,4 @@ let () =
     if n=0 then continue := false;
     output stdout buf 0 n; flush stdout
   done;
-  Format.printf "bye!@."
+  Format.printf "exit!@."
diff --git a/examples/sse_clock.ml b/examples/sse_server.ml
similarity index 75%
rename from examples/sse_clock.ml
rename to examples/sse_server.ml
index 92dfe961..cf30c95e 100644
--- a/examples/sse_clock.ml
+++ b/examples/sse_server.ml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-(* serves a stream of clock events *)
+(* serves some streams of events *)
 
 module S = Tiny_httpd
 
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ let () =
     "Access-Control-Allow-Methods", "POST, GET, OPTIONS";
   ] in
 
+  (* tick/tock goes the clock *)
   S.add_route_server_sent_handler server S.Route.(exact "clock" @/ return)
     (fun _req (module EV : S.SERVER_SENT_GENERATOR) ->
        S._debug (fun k->k"new connection");
@@ -33,6 +34,17 @@ let () =
        done;
     );
 
+  (* just count *)
+  S.add_route_server_sent_handler server S.Route.(exact "count" @/ return)
+    (fun _req (module EV : S.SERVER_SENT_GENERATOR)  ->
+       let n = ref 0 in
+       while true do
+         EV.send_event ~data:(string_of_int !n) ();
+         incr n;
+         Unix.sleepf 0.1;
+       done;
+    );
+
   Printf.printf "listening on http://localhost:%d/\n%!" (S.port server);
   match S.run server with
   | Ok () -> ()
diff --git a/examples/test_output.txt.expected b/examples/test_output.txt.expected
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5adb0103
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/test_output.txt.expected
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+listening on http://localhost:8082/
+connect to 127.0.0.1:8082
+HTTP/1.1 200 OK
+content-type: text/event-stream
+
+data: 0
+
+data: 1
+
+data: 2
+
+data: 3
+
+data: 4
+
+data: 5
+
+data: 6
+
+data: 7
+
+data: 8
+
+data: 9
+
+success
diff --git a/tiny_httpd.opam b/tiny_httpd.opam
index 095ac64c..92d51273 100644
--- a/tiny_httpd.opam
+++ b/tiny_httpd.opam
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ depends: [
   "qtest" { >= "2.9" & with-test}
   "qcheck" {with-test & >= "0.9" }
   "ounit2" {with-test}
+  "ptime" {with-test}
 ]
 tags: [ "http" "thread" "server" "tiny_httpd" "http_of_dir" "simplehttpserver" ]
 homepage: "https://github.com/c-cube/tiny_httpd/"