diff --git a/examples/Makefile b/examples/Makefile
index b36cf252..3d8b9420 100644
--- a/examples/Makefile
+++ b/examples/Makefile
@@ -14,6 +14,31 @@ wcml_lib: wxml_lib wcml_example$(EXEEXT)
 wkml_lib: wxml_lib wkml_example$(EXEEXT) wkml_example_2$(EXEEXT)
 wxml_lib: wxml_example$(EXEEXT)
 
+times: time_test.xml dom_canonicalize.ns.yes.exe
+	@echo "Timing test is to cannonicalize file: " `du -h test.xml`
+	./dom_canonicalize.ns.yes.exe
+
+time_test.xml: test.xml
+
+test.xml:
+	@echo "Creating data file test.xml ..."
+	@echo "<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>" > test.xml 
+	@echo "<data xmlns='http://www.xml-cml.org/schema'>" >> test.xml 
+	@echo "<line>" >> test.xml ;
+	@for i in {1..10000}; \
+	do \
+	  for i in {1..10} ;  \
+	    do \
+	        echo "$j 1.206365800459885      0.1074916670129148     0.02144660316977548    0.005740756862772227\c " >> test.xml ;\
+	  done; \
+	done
+	@echo "</line>" >> test.xml ;
+	@echo "</data>" >> test.xml
+	@echo "                            ... done"
+
+time_clean:
+	rm -f test.xml
+
 # Note that we cannot use $< below since IBM make doesn't understand it.
 
 dom_canonicalize.ns.no.exe: dom_canonicalize.ns.no.$(OBJEXT) ../objs/lib/libFoX_dom.$(LIBEXT) ../objs/lib/libFoX_sax.$(LIBEXT) ../objs/lib/libFoX_wxml.$(LIBEXT) ../objs/lib/libFoX_common.$(LIBEXT) ../objs/lib/libFoX_fsys.$(LIBEXT)
@@ -45,5 +70,5 @@ wkml_example$(EXEEXT): wkml_example.$(OBJEXT)  ../objs/lib/libFoX_wkml.$(LIBEXT)
 wkml_example_2$(EXEEXT): wkml_example_2.$(OBJEXT)  ../objs/lib/libFoX_wkml.$(LIBEXT) ../objs/lib/libFoX_wxml.$(LIBEXT) ../objs/lib/libFoX_common.$(LIBEXT) ../objs/lib/libFoX_fsys.$(LIBEXT)
 	$(FC) $(FFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) $(LINK_O_FLAG) $@ wkml_example_2.$(OBJEXT) $$(../FoX-config --libs --wkml)
 
-clean:
+clean: time_clean
 	rm -f *.$(OBJEXT) *.$(MOD_EXT) $(EXAMPLES) wkml_example.kml wkml_example_2.kml dom_example_3.xml