diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index cc099e2e..50fef2e7 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -30,4 +30,5 @@ members = [
   "examples/pastebin",
   "examples/state",
   "examples/uuid",
+  # "examples/raw_sqlite",
 ]
diff --git a/examples/raw_sqlite/Cargo.toml b/examples/raw_sqlite/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..00192fd1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/raw_sqlite/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+[package]
+name = "raw_sqlite"
+version = "0.0.1"
+workspace = "../../"
+
+[dependencies]
+rocket = { path = "../../lib" }
+rocket_codegen = { path = "../../codegen" }
+rusqlite = "0.9"
+
+[dev-dependencies]
+rocket = { path = "../../lib", features = ["testing"] }
diff --git a/examples/raw_sqlite/src/main.rs b/examples/raw_sqlite/src/main.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9392da11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/raw_sqlite/src/main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+#![feature(plugin)]
+#![plugin(rocket_codegen)]
+
+extern crate rocket;
+extern crate rusqlite;
+
+#[cfg(test)] mod tests;
+
+use std::sync::Mutex;
+use rocket::{Rocket, State};
+use rusqlite::{Connection, Error};
+
+type DbConn = Mutex<Connection>;
+
+fn init_database(conn: &Connection) {
+    conn.execute("CREATE TABLE entries (
+                  id              INTEGER PRIMARY KEY,
+                  name            TEXT NOT NULL
+                  )", &[])
+        .expect("create entries table");
+
+    conn.execute("INSERT INTO entries (id, name) VALUES ($1, $2)",
+            &[&0, &"Rocketeer"])
+        .expect("insert single entry into entries table");
+}
+
+#[get("/")]
+fn hello(db_conn: State<DbConn>) -> Result<String, Error>  {
+    db_conn.lock()
+        .expect("db connection lock")
+        .query_row("SELECT name FROM entries WHERE id = 0",
+                   &[], |row| { row.get(0) })
+}
+
+fn rocket() -> Rocket {
+    // Open a new in-memory SQLite database.
+    let conn = Connection::open_in_memory().expect("in memory db");
+
+    // Initialize the `entries` table in the in-memory database.
+    init_database(&conn);
+
+    // Have Rocket manage the database pool.
+    rocket::ignite()
+        .manage(Mutex::new(conn))
+        .mount("/", routes![hello])
+}
+
+fn main() {
+    rocket().launch();
+}
diff --git a/examples/raw_sqlite/src/tests.rs b/examples/raw_sqlite/src/tests.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4f290935
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/raw_sqlite/src/tests.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+use super::rocket;
+use rocket::testing::MockRequest;
+use rocket::http::Method::*;
+
+#[test]
+fn hello() {
+    let rocket = rocket();
+    let mut req = MockRequest::new(Get, "/");
+    let mut response = req.dispatch_with(&rocket);
+
+    let body_str = response.body().and_then(|body| body.into_string());
+    assert_eq!(body_str, Some("Rocketeer".to_string()));
+}