diff --git a/examples/ex1-build.xml b/examples/ex1-build.xml
index 085ab32..41f63a7 100644
--- a/examples/ex1-build.xml
+++ b/examples/ex1-build.xml
@@ -4,15 +4,25 @@
     <property name="deps.manager" value="macports" />
     <import file="${project.basedir}/../base-build.xml" />
     <import file="${project.basedir}/../sf2-build.xml" />
-    <import file="${project.basedir}/../sphinx-build.xml" />
+    <import file="${project.basedir}/../mysql-build.xml" />
     <target name="db:create" description="sdfsdf">
         <echo msg="sdsdf ${phing.file.base}" />
     </target>
 
+    <property name="mysql.user" value="root" />
+    <property name="mysql.passwd" value="root" />
+
     <target name="depends" description="Check packages">
         <checkdepends type="deb" packages="git-core libexpat1-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev apache2 mysql-server libmysqld-dev php5 php5-curl php5-mysql php5-intl php5-sqlite" />
         <checkdepends type="macports" packages="git-core php5 apache2 php5-iconv php5-intl4 php5-sqlite sqlite3" />
         <checkdepends type="gem" packages="rails github islamr" />
         <checkdepends type="pip" packages="Sphinx" />
     </target>
+
+    <target name="db:backup" description="Check packages">
+        <phingcall target="mysql.db:backup">
+            <property name="dir" value="/tmp/mysql-backups" />
+            <property name="databases" value="rr salatv2" />
+        </phingcall>
+    </target>
 </project>
diff --git a/mysql-build.xml b/mysql-build.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..78b61d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mysql-build.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+
+<project name="mysql" description="Handle mysql tasks" default="">
+    <target name="db:backup"
+        description="Make MySQL backup for ${databases} in ${dir}.">
+        <property name="options" value=""/>
+        <mkdir dir="${dir}" />
+        <tstamp />
+        <exec command="mysqldump -u${mysql.user} -p${mysql.passwd} ${options} --databases ${databases} &gt; ${dir}/backup-${DSTAMP}.sql"/>
+    </target>
+    <target name="db:user:add"
+        description="Add a new MySQL ${user} identified with ${passwd}.">
+        <exec command="echo &quot;CREATE USER '${user}'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY '${passwd}';&quot;| mysql -u${mysql.user} -p${mysql.passwd}"/>
+    </target>
+    <target name="db:user:remove"
+        description="Remove MySQL ${user} identified with ${passwd}.">
+        <exec command="echo &quot;DROP USER '${user}'@'localhost';&quot;| mysql -u${mysql.user} -p${mysql.passwd}"/>
+    </target>
+</project>