diff --git a/tests/hellostart/.gitignore b/tests/hellostart/.gitignore
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+hellostart
diff --git a/tests/hellostart/Makefile b/tests/hellostart/Makefile
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+# This is the default target, which will be built when
+# you invoke make
+.PHONY: all
+all: hellostart
+
+# This rule tells make how to build hellostart from hellostart.cpp
+hellostart: hellostart.cpp
+	g++ -g -o hellostart hellostart.cpp
+
+# This rule tells make to copy hellostart to the binaries subdirectory,
+# creating it if necessary
+.PHONY: install
+install:
+	mkdir -p binaries
+	cp -p hellostart binaries
+
+# This rule tells make to delete hellostart and hellostart.o
+.PHONY: clean
+clean:
+	rm -f hellostart hellostart.o
+
diff --git a/tests/hellostart/README b/tests/hellostart/README
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+
+Simple HelloWorld program to test random start addresses in seer/gdb.
+
diff --git a/tests/hellostart/hellostart.cpp b/tests/hellostart/hellostart.cpp
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+#include <string>
+#include <iostream>
+
+int main (int argc, char** argv) {
+
+    int i=0;
+
+    for (i=0; i<argc; i++) {
+        std::cout << "XX: " << i << " " << argv[i] << std::endl;
+    }
+
+    std::cout << "Address of 'i' == " << &i << std::endl;
+
+    return 0;
+}
+