diff --git a/contrib/transport-sample/Makefile b/contrib/transport-sample/Makefile
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+THRIFT_DIR =../..
+INCS_DIRS  =-I${THRIFT_DIR}/lib/cpp/src -I.
+THRIFT_LIB =${THRIFT_DIR}/lib/cpp/.libs/libthrift.a
+BOOST_LIB  =
+CPP_DEFS   =
+CPP_OPTS   =-Wall -O2
+
+GEN_SRC    = gen-cpp/SampleService.cpp  \
+             gen-cpp/Sample_types.cpp   \
+             gen-cpp/SampleCallback.cpp \
+             gen-cpp/Sample_constants.cpp
+GEN_INC    = -Igen-cpp
+
+default: server client
+.PHONY: server client
+
+server:
+	g++ ${CPP_OPTS} ${CPP_DEFS} -o server/server ${GEN_INC} ${INCS_DIRS} server/server.cpp ${GEN_SRC} ${THRIFT_LIB} ${BOOST_LIB}
+
+client:
+	g++ ${CPP_OPTS} ${CPP_DEFS} -o client/client ${GEN_INC} ${INCS_DIRS} client/client.cpp ${GEN_SRC} ${THRIFT_LIB} ${BOOST_LIB}
+
+clean:
+	$(RM) -r client/client server/server
+