diff --git a/examples/nxflat/nxflat_main.c b/examples/nxflat/nxflat_main.c
index 3eddcb4a23..e792fa1b75 100644
--- a/examples/nxflat/nxflat_main.c
+++ b/examples/nxflat/nxflat_main.c
@@ -40,10 +40,18 @@
 #include <nuttx/config.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <pthread.h>
 #include <debug.h>
+#include <errno.h>
 
+#include <nuttx/binfmt.h>
 #include "tests/romfs.h"
 #include "tests/dirlist.h"
+#include "tests/symtab.h"
 
 /****************************************************************************
  * Definitions
@@ -57,10 +65,22 @@
  * Private Data
  ****************************************************************************/
 
+static const char delimiter[] =
+  "****************************************************************************";
+
 /****************************************************************************
  * Private Functions
  ****************************************************************************/
 
+/****************************************************************************
+ * Name: testheader
+ ****************************************************************************/
+
+static inline void testheader(FAR const char *progname)
+{
+  printf("\n%s\n* Executing %s\n%s\n\n", delimiter, progname, delimiter);
+}
+
 /****************************************************************************
  * Public Functions
  ****************************************************************************/
@@ -79,5 +99,32 @@ void user_initialize(void)
 
 int user_start(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
+  struct binary_s bin;
+  int ret;
+  int i;
+
+  for (i = 0; dirlist[i]; i++)
+    {
+      testheader(dirlist[i]);
+
+      memset(&bin, 0, sizeof(struct binary_s));
+      bin.filename = dirlist[i];
+      bin.exports  = exports;
+      bin.nexports = NEXPORTS;
+
+      ret = load_module(&bin);
+      if (ret < 0)
+        {
+          fprintf(stderr, "ERROR: Failed to load program '%s'\n", dirlist[i]);
+          exit(1);
+        }
+
+      ret = exec_module(&bin, 50);
+      if (ret < 0)
+        {
+          fprintf(stderr, "ERROR: Failed to execute program '%s'\n", dirlist[i]);
+          unload_module(&bin);
+        }
+    }
   return 0;
 }
diff --git a/examples/nxflat/tests/Makefile b/examples/nxflat/tests/Makefile
index 6420e4773f..c327e71b4a 100644
--- a/examples/nxflat/tests/Makefile
+++ b/examples/nxflat/tests/Makefile
@@ -43,13 +43,14 @@ ROMFS_DIR	= $(TESTS_DIR)/romfs
 ROMFS_IMG	= $(TESTS_DIR)/romfs.img
 ROMFS_HDR	= $(TESTS_DIR)/romfs.h
 ROMFS_DIRLIST	= $(TESTS_DIR)/dirlist.h
+SYMTAB		= $(TESTS_DIR)/symtab.h
 
 define DIR_template
 $(1)_$(2):
 	@$(MAKE) -C $(1) $(3) TOPDIR=$(TOPDIR) ROMFS_DIR=$(ROMFS_DIR) CROSSDEV=$(CROSSDEV)
 endef
 
-all: $(ROMFS_HDR) $(ROMFS_DIRLIST)
+all: $(ROMFS_HDR) $(ROMFS_DIRLIST) $(SYMTAB)
 .PHONY: all build clean install populate
 
 $(foreach DIR, $(SUBDIRS), $(eval $(call DIR_template,$(DIR),build, all)))
@@ -83,25 +84,20 @@ $(ROMFS_IMG): populate
 $(ROMFS_HDR) : $(ROMFS_IMG)
 	@xxd -i $^ >$@
 
+# Create the dirlist.h header file from the romfs directory 
+
 $(ROMFS_DIRLIST) : populate
-	@echo "#ifndef __EXAMPLES_NXFLAT_TESTS_DIRLIST_H" >$(ROMFS_DIRLIST)
-	@echo "#define __EXAMPLES_NXFLAT_TESTS_DIRLIST_H" >>$(ROMFS_DIRLIST)
-	@echo "" >>$(ROMFS_DIRLIST)
-	@echo "static const char *dirlist[] =" >>$(ROMFS_DIRLIST)
-	@echo "{" >>$(ROMFS_DIRLIST)
-	@(\
-		for file in `ls $(ROMFS_DIR)`; do \
-		echo "  \"$$file\"," >>$(ROMFS_DIRLIST); \
-		done; \
-	)
-	@echo "};" >>$(ROMFS_DIRLIST)
-	@echo "" >>$(ROMFS_DIRLIST)
-	@echo "#endif /* __EXAMPLES_NXFLAT_TESTS_DIRLIST_H */" >>$(ROMFS_DIRLIST)
+	@$(TESTS_DIR)/mkdirlist.sh $(ROMFS_DIR) >$@
+
+# Create the exported symbol table list from the derived *-thunk.S files
+
+$(SYMTAB): build
+	@$(TESTS_DIR)/mksymtab.sh $(TESTS_DIR) >$@
 
 # Clean each subdirectory
 
 clean: $(foreach DIR, $(SUBDIRS), $(DIR)_clean)
-	@rm -f $(ROMFS_HDR) $(ROMFS_IMG)
+	@rm -f $(ROMFS_HDR) $(ROMFS_IMG) $(SYMTAB)
 	@rm -rf $(ROMFS_DIR)
 
 
diff --git a/examples/nxflat/tests/mkdirlist.sh b/examples/nxflat/tests/mkdirlist.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..cc55ac0b56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/nxflat/tests/mkdirlist.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+usage="Usage: %0 <romfs-dir-path>"
+
+dir=$1
+if [ -z "$dir" ]; then
+	echo "ERROR: Missing <romfs-dir-path>"
+	echo ""
+	echo $usage
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ ! -d "$dir" ]; then
+	echo "ERROR: Directory $dir does not exist"
+	echo ""
+	echo $usage
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "#ifndef __EXAMPLES_NXFLAT_TESTS_DIRLIST_H"
+echo "#define __EXAMPLES_NXFLAT_TESTS_DIRLIST_H"
+echo ""
+echo "static const char *dirlist[] ="
+echo "{"
+
+for file in `ls $dir`; do
+	echo "  \"$file\","
+done
+
+echo "  NULL"
+echo "};"
+echo ""
+echo "#endif /* __EXAMPLES_NXFLAT_TESTS_DIRLIST_H */"
+
+
diff --git a/examples/nxflat/tests/mksymtab.sh b/examples/nxflat/tests/mksymtab.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..a5161ae734
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/nxflat/tests/mksymtab.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+usage="Usage: %0 <test-dir-path>"
+
+dir=$1
+if [ -z "$dir" ]; then
+	echo "ERROR: Missing <test-dir-path>"
+	echo ""
+	echo $usage
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ ! -d "$dir" ]; then
+	echo "ERROR: Directory $dir does not exist"
+	echo ""
+	echo $usage
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+varlist=`find $dir -name "*-thunk.S"| xargs grep -h asciz | cut -f3 | sort | uniq`
+
+echo "#ifndef __EXAMPLES_NXFLAT_TESTS_SYMTAB_H"
+echo "#define __EXAMPLES_NXFLAT_TESTS_SYMTAB_H"
+echo ""
+echo "#include <nuttx/symtab.h>"
+echo ""
+echo "static const struct symtab_s exports[] = "
+echo "{"
+for string in $varlist; do
+	var=`echo $string | sed -e "s/\"//g"`
+	echo "  {$string, $var},"
+done
+
+echo "};"
+echo "#define NEXPORTS (sizeof(exports)/sizeof(struct symtab_s))"
+echo ""
+echo "#endif /* __EXAMPLES_NXFLAT_TESTS_SYMTAB_H */"
+