diff --git a/example/timer/.gitignore b/example/timer/.gitignore
index eb59265..f53a0df 100644
--- a/example/timer/.gitignore
+++ b/example/timer/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 odp_timer_test
+odp_timer_simple
diff --git a/example/timer/Makefile.am b/example/timer/Makefile.am
index fcb67a9..1c733d3 100644
--- a/example/timer/Makefile.am
+++ b/example/timer/Makefile.am
@@ -1,10 +1,16 @@
 include $(top_srcdir)/example/Makefile.inc
 
-bin_PROGRAMS = odp_timer_test$(EXEEXT)
+bin_PROGRAMS = odp_timer_test$(EXEEXT) \
+		odp_timer_simple$(EXEEXT)
 odp_timer_test_LDFLAGS = $(AM_LDFLAGS) -static
 odp_timer_test_CFLAGS = $(AM_CFLAGS) -I${top_srcdir}/example
+dist_odp_timer_test_SOURCES = odp_timer_test.c
+
+odp_timer_simple_LDFLAGS = $(AM_LDFLAGS) -static
+odp_timer_simple_CFLAGS = $(AM_CFLAGS) -I${top_srcdir}/example
+dist_odp_timer_simple_SOURCES = odp_timer_simple.c
+
+TESTS = odp_timer_simple
 
 noinst_HEADERS = \
 		  $(top_srcdir)/example/example_debug.h
-
-dist_odp_timer_test_SOURCES = odp_timer_test.c
diff --git a/example/timer/odp_timer_simple.c b/example/timer/odp_timer_simple.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f33add9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example/timer/odp_timer_simple.c
@@ -0,0 +1,157 @@
+/* Copyright (c) 2016, Linaro Limited
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier:     BSD-3-Clause
+ */
+/**
+ * @file
+ *
+ * @example odp_timer_simple.c  ODP simple example to schedule timer
+ *				action for 1 second.
+ */
+
+#include <string.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <example_debug.h>
+
+/* ODP main header */
+#include <odp_api.h>
+
+int main(int argc ODP_UNUSED, char *argv[] ODP_UNUSED)
+{
+	odp_instance_t instance;
+	odp_pool_param_t params;
+	odp_timer_pool_param_t tparams;
+	odp_pool_t timeout_pool;
+	odp_timer_pool_t timer_pool;
+	odp_queue_param_t qparam;
+	odp_queue_t queue;
+	odp_event_t ev = ODP_EVENT_INVALID;
+	odp_timer_t tim;
+	uint64_t sched_tmo;
+	int i, rc;
+	uint64_t period;
+	uint64_t tick;
+	odp_timeout_t tmo;
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	/*
+	 * Init ODP app
+	 */
+	if (odp_init_global(&instance, NULL, NULL))
+		goto err_global;
+
+	if (odp_init_local(instance, ODP_THREAD_CONTROL))
+		goto err_local;
+
+	/*
+	 * Create pool for timeouts
+	 */
+	odp_pool_param_init(&params);
+	params.tmo.num   = 10;
+	params.type      = ODP_POOL_TIMEOUT;
+
+	timeout_pool = odp_pool_create("timeout_pool", &params);
+	if (timeout_pool == ODP_POOL_INVALID) {
+		ret += 1;
+		goto err_tp;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Create pool of timeouts
+	 */
+	tparams.res_ns = 10 * ODP_TIME_USEC_IN_NS;
+	tparams.min_tmo = 10 * ODP_TIME_USEC_IN_NS;
+	tparams.max_tmo = 1 * ODP_TIME_SEC_IN_NS;
+	tparams.num_timers = 1; /* One timer per worker */
+	tparams.priv = 0; /* Shared */
+	tparams.clk_src = ODP_CLOCK_CPU;
+	timer_pool = odp_timer_pool_create("timer_pool", &tparams);
+	if (timer_pool == ODP_TIMER_POOL_INVALID) {
+		ret += 1;
+		goto err;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Create a queue for timer test
+	 */
+	odp_queue_param_init(&qparam);
+	qparam.type        = ODP_QUEUE_TYPE_SCHED;
+	qparam.sched.prio  = ODP_SCHED_PRIO_DEFAULT;
+	qparam.sched.sync  = ODP_SCHED_SYNC_PARALLEL;
+	qparam.sched.group = ODP_SCHED_GROUP_ALL;
+
+	queue = odp_queue_create("timer_queue", &qparam);
+	if (queue == ODP_QUEUE_INVALID) {
+		ret += 1;
+		goto err;
+	}
+
+	tim = odp_timer_alloc(timer_pool, queue, NULL);
+	if (tim == ODP_TIMER_INVALID) {
+		EXAMPLE_ERR("Failed to allocate timer\n");
+		ret += 1;
+		goto err;
+	}
+
+	tmo = odp_timeout_alloc(timeout_pool);
+	if (tmo == ODP_TIMEOUT_INVALID) {
+		EXAMPLE_ERR("Failed to allocate timeout\n");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	ev = odp_timeout_to_event(tmo);
+
+	/* Calculate period for timer in uint64_t value, in current case
+	 * we will schedule timer for 1 second */
+	period = odp_timer_ns_to_tick(timer_pool, 1 * ODP_TIME_SEC_IN_NS);
+
+	/* Wait time to return from odp_schedule() if there are no
+	 * events
+	 */
+	sched_tmo = odp_schedule_wait_time(2 * ODP_TIME_SEC_IN_NS);
+
+	for (i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
+		odp_time_t time;
+
+		/* Program timeout action on current tick + period */
+		tick = odp_timer_current_tick(timer_pool);
+		rc = odp_timer_set_abs(tim, tick + period, &ev);
+		/* Too early or too late timeout requested */
+		if (odp_unlikely(rc != ODP_TIMER_SUCCESS))
+			EXAMPLE_ABORT("odp_timer_set_abs() failed: %d\n",
+				      rc);
+
+		/* Wait for 2 seconds for timeout action to be generated */
+		ev = odp_schedule(&queue, sched_tmo);
+		if (ev == ODP_EVENT_INVALID)
+			EXAMPLE_ABORT("Invalid event\n");
+		if (odp_event_type(ev) != ODP_EVENT_TIMEOUT)
+			EXAMPLE_ABORT("Unexpected event type (%u) received\n",
+				      odp_event_type(ev));
+
+		time = odp_time_global();
+		printf("timer tick %d, time ns %" PRIu64 "\n",
+		       i, odp_time_to_ns(time));
+
+		/* Do not free current event, just go back to loop and program
+		 * timeout to next second.
+		 */
+	}
+
+	/* Destroy created resources */
+	rc += odp_timer_cancel(tim, &ev);
+	rc += -(odp_timer_free(tim) == ODP_EVENT_INVALID);
+	odp_event_free(ev);
+
+	ret += odp_queue_destroy(queue);
+err:
+	odp_timer_pool_destroy(timer_pool);
+err_tp:
+	ret += odp_pool_destroy(timeout_pool);
+	ret += odp_term_local();
+err_local:
+	ret += odp_term_global(instance);
+err_global:
+	return ret;
+}
