diff --git a/Examples/guile/Makefile.in b/Examples/guile/Makefile.in
index 69c7bb696..f84d54a38 100644
--- a/Examples/guile/Makefile.in
+++ b/Examples/guile/Makefile.in
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ SWIG		= ../$(top_srcdir)/preinst-swig
 CC		= @CC@
 CXX		= @CXX@
 CFLAGS		= @PLATFLAGS@
-LIBS            =
+LIBS		=
+GUILE		= @GUILE@
 GUILE_CFLAGS	= @GUILE_CFLAGS@
 GUILE_LIBS	= @GUILE_LIBS@
 SWIGOPT		=
@@ -38,4 +39,9 @@ sub-all-cxx:
 	$(SWIG) -c++ -guile $(SWIGOPT) $(IFILE)
 	$(CXX) $(CFLAGS) -o $(TARGET) $(SRCS) $(CXXWRAP) $(GUILE_CFLAGS) $(GUILE_LIBS) $(LIBS)
 
+run_example:
+	if [ -f $(RUNSCRIPT) ]; then \
+          env GUILE_AUTO_COMPILE=0 LD_LIBRARY_PATH=.:$$LD_LIBRARY_PATH $(RUNTOOL) $(GUILE) -l $(RUNSCRIPT); \
+        fi
+
 # Makefile ends here
diff --git a/Examples/guile/multimap/Makefile b/Examples/guile/multimap/Makefile
index 00fa5df28..7b2f264ba 100644
--- a/Examples/guile/multimap/Makefile
+++ b/Examples/guile/multimap/Makefile
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ TARGET     = example
 INTERFACE  = example.i
 
 check: build
+	$(MAKE) -f ../Makefile RUNSCRIPT=runme.scm run_example
 
 build:
 	$(MAKE) -f $(TOP)/Makefile SRCS='$(SRCS)' SWIG='$(SWIG)' \
diff --git a/Examples/guile/multimap/runme.scm b/Examples/guile/multimap/runme.scm
index edc197259..1654fd3a8 100644
--- a/Examples/guile/multimap/runme.scm
+++ b/Examples/guile/multimap/runme.scm
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ;;; Test out some multi-argument typemaps
 
-(use-modules (example))
+(dynamic-call "scm_init_example_module" (dynamic-link "./libexample.so"))
 
 ; Call the GCD function
 
@@ -27,4 +27,4 @@
 (display (capitalize "hello world"))
 (newline)
 
-
+(exit 0)