diff --git a/MANIFEST b/MANIFEST
index c6f2b9c3d..e9908800c 100644
--- a/MANIFEST
+++ b/MANIFEST
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ example/assertion/failure_demo.py
 example/assertion/test_failures.py
 example/assertion/test_setup_flow_example.py
 example/execnet/popen_read_multiple.py
+example/execnet/redirect_remote_output.py
 example/execnet/svn-sync-repo.py
 example/execnet/sysinfo.py
 example/funcarg/conftest.py
diff --git a/example/execnet/redirect_remote_output.py b/example/execnet/redirect_remote_output.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..86f303f43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example/execnet/redirect_remote_output.py
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+"""
+redirect output from remote to a local function 
+showcasing features of the channel object:
+
+- sending a channel over a channel 
+- adapting a channel to a file object 
+- setting a callback for receiving channel data 
+
+"""
+
+import py
+
+gw = py.execnet.PopenGateway()
+
+outchan = gw.remote_exec("""
+    import sys
+    outchan = channel.gateway.newchannel()
+    sys.stdout = outchan.makefile("w")
+    channel.send(outchan) 
+""").receive()
+
+# note: callbacks execute in receiver thread! 
+def write(data):
+    print "received:", repr(data)
+outchan.setcallback(write)
+
+gw.remote_exec("""
+    print 'hello world'
+    print 'remote execution ends'
+""").waitclose()
+