diff --git a/httpclient5/src/test/java/org/apache/hc/client5/http/examples/ClientAbortMethod.java b/httpclient5/src/test/java/org/apache/hc/client5/http/examples/ClientAbortMethod.java
index ca9d35b661..1c01d8420c 100644
--- a/httpclient5/src/test/java/org/apache/hc/client5/http/examples/ClientAbortMethod.java
+++ b/httpclient5/src/test/java/org/apache/hc/client5/http/examples/ClientAbortMethod.java
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 import org.apache.hc.client5.http.impl.classic.HttpClients;
 import org.apache.hc.core5.http.io.entity.EntityUtils;
 import org.apache.hc.core5.http.message.StatusLine;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.util.Log4jThreadFactory;
 
 /**
  * This example demonstrates how to abort an HTTP method before its normal completion.
@@ -46,7 +47,8 @@ public static void main(final String[] args) throws Exception {
         try (final CloseableHttpClient httpclient = HttpClients.createDefault()) {
             final HttpGet httpget = new HttpGet("http://httpbin.org/get");
 
-            final ScheduledExecutorService executorService = Executors.newScheduledThreadPool(1);
+            final ScheduledExecutorService executorService = Executors.newScheduledThreadPool(1,
+                Log4jThreadFactory.createDaemonThreadFactory("demo"));
             // Cancel the request after once second
             executorService.schedule(httpget::cancel, 1, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
 
diff --git a/run-example.sh b/run-example.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..6992de398d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/run-example.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# ====================================================================
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+# ====================================================================
+#
+# This software consists of voluntary contributions made by many
+# individuals on behalf of the Apache Software Foundation.  For more
+# information on the Apache Software Foundation, please see
+# <http://www.apache.org/>.
+
+set -e
+
+usage() {
+  cat <<EOF
+usage: $(basename "$0") [-p project] [class] [-- args]
+  -p project       module name (default: httpclient5)
+  -h, --help       show this help
+  -v, --verbose    print the full Java invocation
+if class omitted, list available examples.
+
+samples:
+
+./run-example.sh ReactiveClientFullDuplexExchange
+./run-example.sh ClientChunkEncodedPost pom.xml
+./run-example.sh -p httpclient5-fluent FluentAsync
+EOF
+}
+
+project=httpclient5
+verbose=false
+# parse options
+while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
+  case $1 in
+    -p) project=$2; shift 2;;
+    -h|--help) usage; exit 0;;
+    -v|--verbose) verbose=true; shift;;
+    --) shift; break;;
+    -*)
+      echo "unknown option: $1" >&2
+      usage >&2
+      exit 1
+      ;;
+    *) break;;
+  esac
+done
+
+classname=$1
+shift || true
+args=("$@")
+
+# list examples if no classname
+if [[ -z $classname ]]; then
+  find "$project/src/test/java" -type f -name '*.java' | grep '/examples/' \
+    | sed -e 's|\.java$||' \
+    | xargs basename | sort
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+# compile tests and build classpath
+cpfile=$(mktemp)
+trap 'rm -f "$cpfile"' EXIT
+./mvnw -q -pl "$project" -am test-compile dependency:build-classpath \
+    -DincludeScope=test -Dmdep.outputFile="$cpfile"
+
+# assemble classpath
+cp="$project/target/test-classes:$project/target/classes:$(cat "$cpfile")"
+
+# find fully qualified classname
+fqn=$(find "$project/src/test/java" -name "${classname}.java" | head -n1)
+if [[ -z $fqn ]]; then
+  echo "example not found: $classname" >&2
+  usage >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+fqn=${fqn#"$project/src/test/java/"}
+fqn=${fqn%.java}
+fqn=${fqn//\//.}
+
+# run it
+if [[ "$verbose" = true ]]; then
+    echo java -cp "$cp" "$fqn" "${args[@]}" >&2
+fi
+java -cp "$cp" "$fqn" "${args[@]}"