diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 84ca84f..f51bdcd 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ AC_C_INLINE
 AC_TYPE_SIZE_T
 
 # Check whether we are doing a native build
-AM_CONDITIONAL(NATIVE_BUILD, test "${cross_compile}" = "no")
+AM_CONDITIONAL(NATIVE_BUILD, test "${cross_compiling}" = "no")
 
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS(inttypes.h,
   [STDINT_HEADER="<inttypes.h>"],
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ AC_CHECK_LIB(Xmu, XmuDrawLogo,
  [xmu_libraries=""],
  [[-lXt -lSM -lICE -lXext -lX11 -L${x_libraries}]])
 
-if test "${cross_compile}" = "no"; then
+if test "${cross_compiling}" = "no"; then
   AC_CHECK_LIB(Xaw, XawTextSearch,
    [ac_cv_my_have_xaw=yes
     XAW_CFLAGS="-I${x_includes}"
@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_XAW, test "${ac_cv_my_have_xaw}" = "yes")
 AC_SUBST(XAW_CFLAGS)
 AC_SUBST(XAW_LIBS)
 
-if test "${cross_compile}" = "no"; then
+if test "${cross_compiling}" = "no"; then
   AC_CHECK_LIB(Xm, XmStringConcat,
    [ac_cv_my_have_motif=yes
     MOTIF_CFLAGS="-I${x_includes} -I/usr/include/Xm"
@@ -533,6 +533,7 @@ AC_OUTPUT([
   doc/xlib/Makefile
   doc/xt/Makefile
   examples/Makefile
+  examples/tests/Makefile
   include/Makefile
   lib/Makefile
   lib/misc/Makefile
diff --git a/examples/Makefile.am b/examples/Makefile.am
index 12b6cfa..6a14977 100644
--- a/examples/Makefile.am
+++ b/examples/Makefile.am
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 NULL = 
 
+SUBDIRS = tests
 EXTRA_DIST = $(DATA)
 
 examplesdir = $(datadir)/doc/@PACKAGE@/examples
diff --git a/examples/tests/Makefile.am b/examples/tests/Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7fa004a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/tests/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+
+CLEANFILES = $(allstamps) tmp1 tmp2 tmp3
+
+allstamps = stamp-r4rs
+
+if NATIVE_BUILD
+all-local: $(allstamps)
+endif
+
+stamp-r4rs:
+	-$(top_builddir)/src/elk -p .:$(top_srcdir)/scm -l r4rstest.scm
+	rm -f tmp1 tmp2 tmp3
+	touch $@
+
diff --git a/examples/tests/r4rstest.scm b/examples/tests/r4rstest.scm
index 56e94ef..49a3c07 100644
--- a/examples/tests/r4rstest.scm
+++ b/examples/tests/r4rstest.scm
@@ -1226,4 +1226,5 @@
 (newline)
 (display "(test-cont) (test-sc4) (test-delay)")
 (newline)
+(test-cont) (test-sc4) (test-delay)
 "last item in file"