diff --git a/contrib/zeromq/test-client.cpp b/contrib/zeromq/test-client.cpp
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+#include <iostream>
+#include <cstdlib>
+#include <protocol/TBinaryProtocol.h>
+
+#include "zmq.hpp"
+#include "TZmqClient.h"
+#include "Storage.h"
+
+using boost::shared_ptr;
+using apache::thrift::transport::TZmqClient;
+using apache::thrift::protocol::TBinaryProtocol;
+
+int main(int argc, char** argv) {
+  const char* endpoint = "tcp://127.0.0.1:9090";
+  int socktype = ZMQ_REQ;
+  int incr = 0;
+  if (argc > 1) {
+    incr = atoi(argv[1]);
+    if (incr) {
+      socktype = ZMQ_DOWNSTREAM;
+      endpoint = "tcp://127.0.0.1:9091";
+    }
+  }
+
+  zmq::context_t ctx(1);
+  shared_ptr<TZmqClient> transport(new TZmqClient(ctx, endpoint, socktype));
+  shared_ptr<TBinaryProtocol> protocol(new TBinaryProtocol(transport));
+  StorageClient client(protocol);
+  transport->open();
+
+  if (incr) {
+    client.incr(incr);
+    usleep(50000);
+  } else {
+    int value = client.get();
+    std::cout << value << std::endl;
+  }
+
+  return 0;
+}