diff --git a/doc/Makefile.am b/doc/Makefile.am
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/Makefile.am
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+SUBDIRS = examples
diff --git a/doc/examples/Makefile.am b/doc/examples/Makefile.am
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+++ b/doc/examples/Makefile.am
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+examples_sysmondir = $(docdir)/examples/osmo-sysmon
+examples_sysmon_DATA = osmo-sysmon.cfg
+
+osmoconfdir = $(sysconfdir)/osmocom
+osmoconf_DATA = osmo-sysmon.cfg
+
+EXTRA_DIST = osmo-sysmon.cfg
diff --git a/doc/examples/osmo-sysmon.cfg b/doc/examples/osmo-sysmon.cfg
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+++ b/doc/examples/osmo-sysmon.cfg
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+ctrl-client bsc 127.0.0.1 4249
+ get-variable bts_connection_status
+ get-variable msc.0.connection_status
+netdev eth0
+netdev tun0