diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatclient/src/main/assembly/binary-assembly.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatclient/src/main/assembly/binary-assembly.xml
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatclient/src/main/assembly/binary-assembly.xml
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+<assembly>
+  <id>binary-assembly</id>
+  <formats>
+    <format>zip</format>
+    <format>dir</format>
+  </formats>
+  <includeBaseDirectory>false</includeBaseDirectory>
+  <fileSets>
+    <fileSet>
+      <directory>target/appassembler/bin</directory>
+      <outputDirectory>bin</outputDirectory>
+      <fileMode>0755</fileMode>
+    </fileSet>
+    <fileSet>
+      <directory>target/appassembler/lib</directory>
+      <outputDirectory>lib</outputDirectory>
+    </fileSet>
+  </fileSets>
+</assembly>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/compat/client/WordCountCompatibility.java b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/compat/client/WordCountCompatibility.java
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+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/compat/client/WordCountCompatibility.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2009-2010 by The Regents of the University of California
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * you may obtain a copy of the License from
+ * 
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.compat.client;
+
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.hadoop.compat.driver.CompatibilityLayer;
+
+public class WordCountCompatibility {
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
+        CompatibilityLayer.main(args);
+    }
+}
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