diff --git a/cx_Freeze/samples/ctypes/setup.py b/cx_Freeze/samples/ctypes/setup.py
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+'''A setup script to demonstrate build using ctypes'''
+#
+# Run the build process by running the command 'python setup.py build'
+#
+# If everything works well you should find a subdirectory in the build
+# subdirectory that contains the files needed to run the script without Python
+
+from cx_Freeze import setup, Executable
+
+setup(name='test_ctypes',
+      version='0.1',
+      description='cx_Freeze script to test ctypes',
+      executables=[Executable("test_ctypes.py")],
+      options={
+          'build_exe': {'zip_include_packages': ['*'],
+                        'zip_exclude_packages': []}
+          })
diff --git a/cx_Freeze/samples/ctypes/test_ctypes.py b/cx_Freeze/samples/ctypes/test_ctypes.py
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+import ctypes
+
+print('Hello', ctypes.__name__)