diff --git a/releng/releng_cxx b/releng/releng_cxx
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..5f75535d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releng/releng_cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -e
+
+START_DIR_DONT_CHANGE=`pwd`
+SELF=$(basename "$0")
+GEN_DATA_DIR=releng_generated_data/${SELF}
+KEEP=0
+SAMPLE_CODE_DIR=releng_generated_data
+CC=g++
+CC_FLAFS=" -I ../libisoburn -L ../libisoburn/.libs/ -lisoburn "
+
+#####################################################################
+print_help() {
+ cat << HLP
+Usage:
+ $0 -help
+
+#
+ $0 -rc [-keep]
+
+# cleanup test generated data directory and exit
+ $0 -cleanup
+HLP
+}
+
+#####################################################################
+cleanup() {
+ if [ ${KEEP} -eq 0 ]; then
+   # safety net, just in case -> we want to be in the starting
+   # directory before removing whatever self-generated stuff
+   if [ -d "${GEN_DATA_DIR}" ]; then
+       cd "${START_DIR_DONT_CHANGE}" || exit 2
+       rm -rf ${GEN_DATA_DIR}
+       printf "${SELF}: Removed (self-generated) %s\n" ${GEN_DATA_DIR}
+   else
+       printf "${SELF}: ${GEN_DATA_DIR} does not exist. Nothing to clean.\n"
+   fi
+ else
+   printf "${SELF}: Leaving (self-generated) %s\n" ${GEN_DATA_DIR}
+ fi 
+}
+
+#####################################################################
+# help
+if [ ! "${1}" ]; then
+ print_help && exit 3
+#
+elif [ "${1}" == "-cleanup" ]; then
+ cleanup
+ exit 0
+#
+elif [ "${1}" == "-rc" -a "${2}" == "-keep" ]; then
+ KEEP=1
+elif [ "${1}" == "-rc" -a ! "${2}" ]; then
+ KEEP=0
+# the rest
+else
+ print_help && exit 4
+fi
+
+
+#####################################################################
+# check data dir
+if [ -d "${GEN_DATA_DIR}" ]; then
+ printf "\n${SELF}: directory %s exists!" ${GEN_DATA_DIR}
+ printf "\n${SELF}: use '${SELF} -cleanup' to remove.\n"
+ exit 5
+else
+ mkdir "${GEN_DATA_DIR}"
+fi
+
+# check compiler
+if ! which "${CC}" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    printf "\n${SELF}: Not found: ${CC}. Install ${CC}.\n"
+    cleanup
+    exit 6
+fi
+
+# process sample code tests
+if test -f "${SAMPLE_CODE_DIR}"/*.cpp; then
+ for SMPL in `ls "${SAMPLE_CODE_DIR}"/*.cpp`; do
+   CMD_CPL="${CC} ${CC_FLAGS} -o ${SMPL}.obj ${SMPL}"
+   printf "\n${SELF}: ${CMD_CPL}\n"
+   ${CMD_CPL}
+   printf "${SELF}: Running ./${SMPL}.obj"
+   ./${SMPL}.obj
+   RET_SMPL="$?"
+   case ${RET_SMPL} in
+    0)
+     printf "...ok\n"
+    ;;
+    *)
+     printf "exit code: ${RET_SMPL}\n"
+     cleanup
+     exit 7
+    ;;
+   esac
+ done
+else
+ printf "\n${SELF}: No C++ code samples found in ${SAMPLE_CODE_DIR}\n"
+fi
+
+# clean
+cleanup
+
+exit 0
diff --git a/releng/releng_generated_data/sample1.cpp b/releng/releng_generated_data/sample1.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7f32b39e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releng/releng_generated_data/sample1.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#include <iostream>
+#include <inttypes.h>
+
+#if __WORDSIZE == 32
+#define _LARGEFILE_SOURCE 1
+#define _FILE_OFFSET_BITS 64
+#endif
+
+#include "libisoburn/xorriso.h"
+
+using namespace std;
+
+int main()
+{
+   cout 
+     << " major:" << Xorriso_header_version_majoR
+     << " minor:" << Xorriso_header_version_minoR
+     << " micro:" << Xorriso_header_version_micrO
+   ;
+//     << endl;
+
+   return 0;
+}