diff --git a/examples/cx_freeze/plotTest.py b/examples/cx_freeze/plotTest.py
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+++ b/examples/cx_freeze/plotTest.py
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+import sys
+from PyQt4 import QtGui
+import pyqtgraph as pg
+from pyqtgraph.graphicsItems import TextItem
+# For packages that require scipy, these may be needed: 
+#   from scipy.stats import futil
+#   from scipy.sparse.csgraph import _validation
+
+from pyqtgraph import setConfigOption
+pg.setConfigOption('background','w')
+pg.setConfigOption('foreground','k')
+app = QtGui.QApplication(sys.argv)
+
+pw = pg.plot(x = [0, 1, 2, 4], y = [4, 5, 9, 6])
+pw.showGrid(x=True,y=True)
+text = pg.TextItem(html='<div style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #000000;"> %s</span></div>' % "here",anchor=(0.0, 0.0)) 
+text.setPos(1.0, 5.0)
+pw.addItem(text)
+status = app.exec_()
+sys.exit(status)
diff --git a/examples/cx_freeze/setup.py b/examples/cx_freeze/setup.py
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+# Build with `python setup.py build_exe`
+from cx_Freeze import setup, Executable
+
+import shutil
+from glob import glob
+# Remove the build folder
+shutil.rmtree("build", ignore_errors=True)
+shutil.rmtree("dist", ignore_errors=True)
+import sys
+
+includes = ['PyQt4.QtCore', 'PyQt4.QtGui', 'sip', 'pyqtgraph.graphicsItems',
+            'numpy', 'atexit']
+excludes = ['cvxopt','_gtkagg', '_tkagg', 'bsddb', 'curses', 'email', 'pywin.debugger',
+    'pywin.debugger.dbgcon', 'pywin.dialogs', 'tcl','tables',
+    'Tkconstants', 'Tkinter', 'zmq','PySide','pysideuic','scipy','matplotlib']
+
+if sys.version[0] == '2':
+    # causes syntax error on py2
+    excludes.append('PyQt4.uic.port_v3')
+
+base = None
+if sys.platform == "win32":
+    base = "Win32GUI"
+
+build_exe_options = {'excludes': excludes,
+    'includes':includes, 'include_msvcr':True,
+    'compressed':True, 'copy_dependent_files':True, 'create_shared_zip':True,
+    'include_in_shared_zip':True, 'optimize':2}
+
+setup(name = "cx_freeze plot test",
+      version = "0.1",
+      description = "cx_freeze plot test",
+      options = {"build_exe": build_exe_options},
+      executables = [Executable("plotTest.py", base=base)])
+
+