diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 81e3a86b..b6cd7a3b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ tmp/*
 examples/*/stylesheets/*
 examples/*/*.html
 examples/*/*/*.html
+examples/*/extensions/*
 examples/*/src/.sass-cache
 test/tmp
 test/fixtures/stylesheets/*/tmp
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 4f080678..47d77d7d 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ begin
     gemspec.files += Dir.glob("examples/**/*.*")
     gemspec.files -= Dir.glob("examples/**/*.css")
     gemspec.files -= Dir.glob("examples/**/*.html")
+    gemspec.files -= Dir.glob("examples/*/extensions/**")
     gemspec.files += Dir.glob("frameworks/**/*.*")
     gemspec.files += Dir.glob("lib/**/*")
     gemspec.files += Dir.glob("test/**/*.*")
@@ -107,6 +108,8 @@ task :examples do
     next unless File.directory?(example)
     puts "\nCompiling #{example}"
     puts "=" * "Compiling #{example}".length
+    bootstrap_file = File.join(example, "bootstrap.rb")
+    load bootstrap_file if File.exists?(bootstrap_file)
     # compile any haml templates to html
     FileList["#{example}/**/*.haml"].each do |haml_file|
       basename = haml_file[0..-6]
diff --git a/examples/ninesixty/bootstrap.rb b/examples/ninesixty/bootstrap.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..633640fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/ninesixty/bootstrap.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+require 'net/http'
+require 'fileutils'
+require 'rubygems'
+require 'zip/zip'
+
+extdir = File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__),'extensions')
+download_link = "http://github.com/chriseppstein/compass-960-plugin/zipball/master"
+
+def fetch(uri_str, limit = 10)
+  raise ArgumentError, 'HTTP redirect too deep' if limit == 0
+
+  response = Net::HTTP.get_response(URI.parse(uri_str))
+  case response
+  when Net::HTTPSuccess     then response
+  when Net::HTTPRedirection then fetch(response['location'], limit - 1)
+  else
+    response.error!
+  end
+end
+
+
+if !File.exists?(extdir)
+  puts "Downloading and unpacking the ninesixty plugin."
+  FileUtils.mkdir(extdir)
+  zipfile = File.join(extdir, "ninesixty.zip")
+  open(zipfile, "wb") do |tgz|
+    tgz << fetch(download_link).body
+  end
+  Zip::ZipFile::open(zipfile) { |zf|
+     zf.each { |e|
+       fpath = File.join(extdir, e.name)
+       FileUtils.mkdir_p(File.dirname(fpath))
+       zf.extract(e, fpath)
+     }
+  }
+  File.unlink(zipfile)
+  funky_directory = Dir.glob(File.join(extdir,'chriseppstein-compass-960-plugin-*'))[0]
+  FileUtils.mv(funky_directory, File.join(extdir,'ninesixty'))
+end
diff --git a/examples/ninesixty/config.rb b/examples/ninesixty/config.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9f6e6154
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/ninesixty/config.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+project_type = :stand_alone
+# Set this to the root of your project when deployed:
+http_path = "/"
+css_dir = "stylesheets"
+sass_dir = "src"
+images_dir = "images"
+output_style = :compact
+# To enable relative paths to assets via compass helper functions. Uncomment:
+# relative_assets = true
diff --git a/examples/ninesixty/src/grid.sass b/examples/ninesixty/src/grid.sass
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4198d85b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/ninesixty/src/grid.sass
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+/*
+  960 Grid System ~ Core CSS.
+  Learn more ~ http://960.gs/
+  
+  Licensed under GPL and MIT.
+
+@import compass/utilities/general/reset.sass
+@import 960/grid.sass
+
++global-reset
+
+.container_12
+  +grid-system(12)
+
+.container_16
+  +grid-system(16)
diff --git a/examples/ninesixty/src/text.sass b/examples/ninesixty/src/text.sass
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0b69854a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/ninesixty/src/text.sass
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+/*
+  960 Grid System ~ Text CSS.
+  Learn more ~ http://960.gs/
+  
+  Licensed under GPL and MIT.
+  
+
+@import 960/text.sass
+
++text