diff --git a/scripts/mk_make.py b/scripts/mk_make.py
index 2bf58a6b6..7e1cc79bb 100644
--- a/scripts/mk_make.py
+++ b/scripts/mk_make.py
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ add_cpp_example('cpp_example', 'c++')
 add_c_example('c_example', 'c')
 add_c_example('maxsat')
 add_dotnet_example('dotnet_example', 'dotnet')
+add_z3py_example('python')
 
 update_version(4, 2, 0, 0)
 mk_auto_src()
diff --git a/scripts/mk_util.py b/scripts/mk_util.py
index eb63ea5f5..75075d31f 100644
--- a/scripts/mk_util.py
+++ b/scripts/mk_util.py
@@ -200,6 +200,13 @@ def set_z3py_dir(p):
     if VERBOSE:
         print "Python bindinds directory was detected."
 
+def add_z3py_example(p):
+    full = '%s/%s' % (EXAMPLE_DIR, p)
+    for py in filter(lambda f: f.endswith('.py'), os.listdir(full)):
+        shutil.copyfile('%s/%s' % (full, py), '%s/%s' % (BUILD_DIR, py))
+        if is_verbose():
+            print "Copied Z3Py example '%s' to '%s'" % (py, BUILD_DIR)
+
 _UNIQ_ID = 0
 
 def mk_fresh_name(prefix):