diff --git a/Examples/Makefile.in b/Examples/Makefile.in
index 7ace11062..c7257ac4c 100644
--- a/Examples/Makefile.in
+++ b/Examples/Makefile.in
@@ -747,7 +747,7 @@ mzscheme_cpp: $(SRCS)
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------
 
 mzscheme_run:
-	$(RUNTOOL) $(MZSCHEME) -r $(MZSCHEME_SCRIPT) $(RUNPIPE)
+	env LD_LIBRARY_PATH=. $(RUNTOOL) $(MZSCHEME) -r $(MZSCHEME_SCRIPT) $(RUNPIPE)
 
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------
 # Version display
diff --git a/Examples/mzscheme/check.list b/Examples/mzscheme/check.list
index ae728ea43..f9e4f11c7 100644
--- a/Examples/mzscheme/check.list
+++ b/Examples/mzscheme/check.list
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 # see top-level Makefile.in
 multimap
 simple
+std_vector
diff --git a/Examples/mzscheme/multimap/example.scm b/Examples/mzscheme/multimap/runme.scm
similarity index 89%
rename from Examples/mzscheme/multimap/example.scm
rename to Examples/mzscheme/multimap/runme.scm
index ac9f64283..f1e626f43 100644
--- a/Examples/mzscheme/multimap/example.scm
+++ b/Examples/mzscheme/multimap/runme.scm
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-;; run with mzscheme -r example.scm
+;; run with mzscheme -r runme.scm
 
 (load-extension "example.so")
 
@@ -24,4 +24,4 @@
 (newline)
 
 (display (capitalize "hello world"))
-(newline)
\ No newline at end of file
+(newline)
diff --git a/Examples/mzscheme/simple/example.scm b/Examples/mzscheme/simple/runme.scm
similarity index 92%
rename from Examples/mzscheme/simple/example.scm
rename to Examples/mzscheme/simple/runme.scm
index 8e20345b2..a98e31fd5 100644
--- a/Examples/mzscheme/simple/example.scm
+++ b/Examples/mzscheme/simple/runme.scm
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-;; run with mzscheme -r example.scm
+;; run with mzscheme -r runme.scm
 
 (load-extension "example.so")
 
diff --git a/Examples/mzscheme/std_vector/example.scm b/Examples/mzscheme/std_vector/runme.scm
similarity index 97%
rename from Examples/mzscheme/std_vector/example.scm
rename to Examples/mzscheme/std_vector/runme.scm
index 0e4ac3f97..67351f128 100644
--- a/Examples/mzscheme/std_vector/example.scm
+++ b/Examples/mzscheme/std_vector/runme.scm
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-;; run with mzscheme -r example.scm
+;; run with mzscheme -r runme.scm
 
 (load-extension "example.so")