diff --git a/bindings/dotnet/default.build b/bindings/dotnet/default.build
index d8244870..b2ea7fc9 100644
--- a/bindings/dotnet/default.build
+++ b/bindings/dotnet/default.build
@@ -21,6 +21,15 @@
     </nant>
   </target>
 
+  <target name="run-examples">
+    <nant buildfile="examples/default.build"
+          inheritall="true" target="run">
+      <properties>
+        <property name="build.dir" value="../build"/>
+        <property name="sigarsharp" value="../build/SigarSharp.dll"/>
+      </properties>
+    </nant>
+  </target>
   <target name="build" description="Build C# Sigar bindings">
     <mkdir dir="${build.dir}"/>
 
diff --git a/bindings/dotnet/examples/default.build b/bindings/dotnet/examples/default.build
index b522433d..761beaed 100644
--- a/bindings/dotnet/examples/default.build
+++ b/bindings/dotnet/examples/default.build
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
   <property name="build.dir" overwrite="false" value="bin"/>
   <property name="sigarsharp" overwrite="false"
             value="../../bindings/csharp/build/SigarSharp.dll"/>
+  <property name="examples" value="Free,CpuInfo,Df,Ifconfig"/>
 
   <target name="clean">
     <delete dir="${build.dir}"/>
@@ -28,9 +29,18 @@
   <target name="build" description="Build C# Sigar examples">
     <mkdir dir="${build.dir}"/>
 
-    <foreach item="String" in="Free,CpuInfo,Df,Ifconfig"
+    <foreach item="String" in="${examples}"
              delim="," property="name">
       <call target="build-exe"/>
     </foreach>
   </target>
+
+  <!-- XXX run w/ mono on unix -->
+  <target name="run" description="Run C# Sigar examples">
+    <foreach item="String" in="${examples}"
+             delim="," property="name">
+      <echo>${name}...</echo>
+      <exec program="${build.dir}/${name}.exe"/>
+    </foreach>
+  </target>
 </project>