diff --git a/SConstruct b/SConstruct
index 96026a449f..c9a6f8f85b 100644
--- a/SConstruct
+++ b/SConstruct
@@ -217,6 +217,9 @@ broadcast_server = SConscript('#/examples/broadcast_server/SConscript',variant_d
 # echo_client
 echo_client = SConscript('#/examples/echo_client/SConscript',variant_dir = builddir + 'echo_client',duplicate = 0)
 
+# utility_client
+utility_client = SConscript('#/examples/utility_client/SConscript',variant_dir = builddir + 'utility_client',duplicate = 0)
+
 # subprotocol_server
 subprotocol_server = SConscript('#/examples/subprotocol_server/SConscript',variant_dir = builddir + 'subprotocol_server',duplicate = 0)
 
diff --git a/examples/utility_client/SConscript b/examples/utility_client/SConscript
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7d4354ef8a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/utility_client/SConscript
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+## Utility client example
+##
+
+Import('env')
+Import('env_cpp11')
+Import('boostlibs')
+Import('platform_libs')
+Import('polyfill_libs')
+
+env = env.Clone ()
+env_cpp11 = env_cpp11.Clone ()
+
+prgs = []
+
+# if a C++11 environment is avaliable build using that, otherwise use boost
+if env_cpp11.has_key('WSPP_CPP11_ENABLED'):
+   ALL_LIBS = boostlibs(['system'],env_cpp11) + [platform_libs] + [polyfill_libs]
+   prgs += env_cpp11.Program('utility_client', ["utility_client.cpp"], LIBS = ALL_LIBS)
+else:
+   ALL_LIBS = boostlibs(['system','regex','random'],env) + [platform_libs] + [polyfill_libs]
+   prgs += env.Program('utility_client', ["utility_client.cpp"], LIBS = ALL_LIBS)
+
+Return('prgs')
diff --git a/examples/utility_client/utility_client.cpp b/examples/utility_client/utility_client.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..37e6149698
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/utility_client/utility_client.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+#include <websocketpp/config/asio_no_tls_client.hpp>
+
+#include <websocketpp/client.hpp>
+
+#include <iostream>
+
+typedef websocketpp::client<websocketpp::config::asio_client> client;
+
+using websocketpp::lib::placeholders::_1;
+using websocketpp::lib::placeholders::_2;
+using websocketpp::lib::bind;
+
+// pull out the type of messages sent by our config
+typedef websocketpp::config::asio_client::message_type::ptr message_ptr;
+
+
+void print_handler(client* c, websocketpp::connection_hdl hdl, message_ptr msg) {
+    c->get_alog().write(websocketpp::log::alevel::app,msg->get_payload());
+}
+
+void write_on_open(client* c, websocketpp::connection_hdl hdl) {
+    c->send(hdl, "ping", websocketpp::frame::opcode::text);
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
+	// Create a server endpoint
+    client endpoint;
+	
+	std::string uri = "ws://localhost:9001";
+	
+	if (argc == 2) {
+	    uri = argv[1];
+	}
+	
+	try {
+        // We expect there to be a lot of errors, so suppress them
+        endpoint.set_access_channels(websocketpp::log::alevel::all);
+        endpoint.set_error_channels(websocketpp::log::elevel::all);
+        
+        // Initialize ASIO
+        endpoint.init_asio();
+        
+        // Register our handlers
+        endpoint.set_message_handler(bind(&print_handler,&endpoint,::_1,::_2));
+        endpoint.set_open_handler(bind(&write_on_open,&endpoint,::_1));
+        
+        websocketpp::lib::error_code ec;
+        client::connection_ptr con = endpoint.get_connection(uri, ec);
+        
+        con->set_proxy("http://humupdates.uchicago.edu:8443");
+        
+        endpoint.connect(con);
+	    
+	    // Start the ASIO io_service run loop
+        endpoint.run();
+    } catch (const std::exception & e) {
+        std::cout << e.what() << std::endl;
+    } catch (websocketpp::lib::error_code e) {
+        std::cout << e.message() << std::endl;
+    } catch (...) {
+        std::cout << "other exception" << std::endl;
+    }
+}