diff --git a/descrip.mms b/descrip.mms
index b3ea7d3d30..558da07823 100644
--- a/descrip.mms
+++ b/descrip.mms
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ all : setup.h
 	$(MMS)$(MMSQUALIFIERS)
 	set default [-.config]
 	$(MMS)$(MMSQUALIFIERS)
+	set default [-.controls]
+	$(MMS)$(MMSQUALIFIERS)
 	set default [-.dialogs]
 	$(MMS)$(MMSQUALIFIERS)
 	set default [-.image]
diff --git a/samples/controls/controls.opt b/samples/controls/controls.opt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e05c8573fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/controls/controls.opt
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+[--.lib]libwx_motif.olb/lib
+sys$library:decw$xlibshr.exe/share
+sys$library:decw$xtlibshrr5.exe/share
+sys$library:decw$xmlibshr12.exe/share
+sys$library:decw$xmulibshrr5.exe/share
+X11:libxpm.olb/lib
diff --git a/samples/controls/descrip.mms b/samples/controls/descrip.mms
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4a714973df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/controls/descrip.mms
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#*****************************************************************************
+#                                                                            *
+# Make file for VMS                                                          *
+# Author : J.Jansen (joukj@hrem.stm.tudelft.nl)                              *
+# Date : 10 November 1999                                                     *
+#                                                                            *
+#*****************************************************************************
+.first
+	define wx [--.include.wx]
+
+.ifdef __WXMOTIF__
+CXX_DEFINE = /define=(__WXMOTIF__=1)
+.else
+CXX_DEFINE =
+.endif
+
+.suffixes : .cpp
+
+.cpp.obj :
+	cxx $(CXXFLAGS)$(CXX_DEFINE) $(MMS$TARGET_NAME).cpp
+
+all :
+	$(MMS)$(MMSQUALIFIERS) controls.exe
+
+controls.exe : controls.obj
+.ifdef __WXMOTIF__
+	cxxlink controls,controls/opt
+.endif
+
+controls.obj : controls.cpp