diff --git a/Examples/Makefile.in b/Examples/Makefile.in
index 027ce795e..8bf1f1498 100644
--- a/Examples/Makefile.in
+++ b/Examples/Makefile.in
@@ -552,7 +552,7 @@ ifeq (,$(V8))
 else
   JSEXE_SRC     = $(JSEXE_SRC_DIR)/javascript.cxx $(JSEXE_SRC_DIR)/js_shell.cxx $(JSEXE_SRC_DIR)/v8_shell.cxx
   JSEXE_OPTS    = -v8
-  JSEXE_FLAG    = -DUSE_V8
+  JSEXE_FLAGS    = -DUSE_V8
 endif
 
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/Tools/javascript/v8_shell.cxx b/Tools/javascript/v8_shell.cxx
index e124ebd7d..c4cbcecc5 100755
--- a/Tools/javascript/v8_shell.cxx
+++ b/Tools/javascript/v8_shell.cxx
@@ -220,3 +220,7 @@ void V8Shell::ReportException(v8::TryCatch* try_catch) {
 const char* V8Shell::ToCString(const v8::String::Utf8Value& value) {
   return *value ? *value : "<string conversion failed>";
 }
+
+JSShell* create_v8_shell() {
+  return new V8Shell();
+}