diff --git a/examples/py2exe/plotTest.py b/examples/py2exe/plotTest.py
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+++ b/examples/py2exe/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/py2exe/setup.py b/examples/py2exe/setup.py
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+from distutils.core import setup
+
+import shutil
+from glob import glob
+# Remove the build folder
+shutil.rmtree("build", ignore_errors=True)
+shutil.rmtree("dist", ignore_errors=True)
+import py2exe
+import sys
+
+includes = ['PyQt4', 'PyQt4.QtGui', 'PyQt4.QtSvg', 'sip', 'pyqtgraph.graphicsItems']
+excludes = ['_gtkagg', '_tkagg', 'bsddb', 'curses', 'email', 'pywin.debugger',
+            'pywin.debugger.dbgcon', 'pywin.dialogs', 'tcl',
+            'Tkconstants', 'Tkinter', 'zmq']
+if sys.version[0] == '2':
+    # causes syntax error on py2
+    excludes.append('PyQt4.uic.port_v3')
+
+packages = []
+dll_excludes = ['libgdk-win32-2.0-0.dll', 'libgobject-2.0-0.dll', 'tcl84.dll',
+                'tk84.dll', 'MSVCP90.dll']
+icon_resources = []
+bitmap_resources = []
+other_resources = []
+data_files = []
+setup(
+  data_files=data_files,
+  console=['plotTest.py'] ,
+  options={"py2exe": {"excludes": excludes,
+                      "includes": includes,
+                      "dll_excludes": dll_excludes,
+                      "optimize": 0,
+                      "compressed": 2,
+                      "bundle_files": 1}},
+  zipfile=None,
+)