diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e0292b1..4d3cce1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 *.o
 *.a
+eepget
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 96382cd..be6b7bc 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -7,5 +7,9 @@ TARGET=libi2psam.a
 $(TARGET): $(OBJS)
 	$(AR) $(ARFLAGS) $(TARGET) $(OBJS)
 
+LOADLIBES=-L./ -li2psam
+
+eepget: eepget.cpp $(TARGET)
+
 clean:
-	$(RM) $(TARGET) $(OBJS)
+	$(RM) $(TARGET) $(OBJS) eepget
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 92f0397..7d7c7c4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -9,3 +9,5 @@ Pre-release (ongoing refactoring work and migration to C++11)
 ## Usage
 
 Copy the files into your codebase, or build and link to the library.
+
+See `eepget.cpp` for example client usage (build with `make eepget`).
diff --git a/eepget.cpp b/eepget.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ba670a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/eepget.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2017 The I2P Project
+// Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
+// file LICENSE or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
+//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+#include "i2psam.h"
+
+#include <iostream>
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+    if (argc < 2) {
+        std::cerr << "Usage: eepget <hostname.i2p>" << std::endl;
+        return 1;
+    }
+    std::string target(argv[1]);
+    SAM::StreamSession s("eepget");
+    auto lookupResult = s.namingLookup(target);
+    auto connResult = s.connect(lookupResult.value, false);
+    auto conn = connResult.value.get();
+    conn->write("GET / HTTP/1.1\r\n\r\n");
+    auto reply = conn->read();
+    while (!reply.empty()) {
+        std::cout << reply << std::flush;
+        reply = conn->read();
+    }
+    conn->close();
+}