diff --git a/scripts/ax_init_standard_project.m4 b/scripts/ax_init_standard_project.m4
index bc0fb7b..bb19163 100644
--- a/scripts/ax_init_standard_project.m4
+++ b/scripts/ax_init_standard_project.m4
@@ -427,6 +427,33 @@ maintainer-clean-example-targets:
 EOF
 ])
 
+# use this in configure.ac to support C++ examples
+AC_DEFUN([AX_USE_NODEJS], [
+  AC_PATH_PROG(ANDROID, [android], [0],
+                         [${PATH}${PATH_SEPARATOR}${ANDROID_HOME}/tools])
+  AC_PATH_PROG(CORDOVA, [cordova], [0],
+                        [${PATH}${PATH_SEPARATOR}$(pwd)/node_modules/cordova/bin])
+  if test ${CORDOVA} = 0; then
+     AC_MSG_WARN([cordova is missing, on ubuntu install cordova-cli from repository ppa:cordova-ubuntu/ppa])
+  fi
+  if test ${ANDROID} = 0; then
+     AC_MSG_WARN([android sdk is missing, set variable ANDROID_HOME after installation])
+  fi
+  AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_CORDOVA, [test ${CORDOVA} != 0 -a ${ANDROID} != 0])
+  AX_SUBST(CORDOVA)
+  AC_CONFIG_FILES([nodejs/package.json])
+  AC_CONFIG_FILES([nodejs/makefile])
+  AC_CONFIG_FILES([cordova/makefile])
+  AC_CONFIG_FILES([cordova/config.xml])
+  AX_ADD_MAKEFILE_TARGET_DEP([maintainer-clean-am], [maintainer-clean-example-targets], [examples/makefile.in])
+  test -f examples/makefile.in && cat >> examples/makefile.in <<EOF
+#### Begin: Appended by $0
+maintainer-clean-example-targets:
+	-rm makefile.in
+#### End: $0
+EOF
+])
+
 # use this in configure.ac to support HTML data for webservers
 AC_DEFUN([AX_BUILD_HTML], [
   AC_CONFIG_FILES([html/makefile])
diff --git a/scripts/bootstrap.sh b/scripts/bootstrap.sh
index 9edc19e..4eae47d 100755
--- a/scripts/bootstrap.sh
+++ b/scripts/bootstrap.sh
@@ -1020,6 +1020,10 @@ if testtag AX_USE_DOXYGEN; then
         if testtag AX_BUILD_TEST AX_USE_CPPUNIT; then
             doxyadd INPUT "@top_srcdir@/test"
         fi
+        if testtag AX_USE_NODEJS; then
+            doxyadd INPUT "@top_srcdir@/nodejs"
+            doxyreplace EXCLUDE "@top_srcdir@/nodejs/node_modules"
+        fi
         doxyreplace FILE_PATTERNS '*.c *.cc *.cxx *.cpp *.c++ *.java *.ii *.ixx *.ipp *.i++ *.inl *.idl *.ddl *.odl *.h *.hh *.hxx *.hpp *.h++ *.cs *.d *.php *.php4 *.php5 *.phtml *.inc *.m *.markdown *.md *.mm *.dox *.py *.f90 *.f *.for *.tcl *.vhd *.vhdl *.ucf *.qsf *.as *.js *.wt *.sql'
         doxyreplace RECURSIVE YES
         doxyreplace EXCLUDE_PATTERNS "moc_* uic_* qrc_* version.[ch]xx"