diff --git a/spring-data-rest-example/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/example/RestExporterExampleRestConfig.java b/spring-data-rest-example/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/example/RestExporterExampleRestConfig.java
index 29abda13a..1cd6e749b 100644
--- a/spring-data-rest-example/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/example/RestExporterExampleRestConfig.java
+++ b/spring-data-rest-example/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/example/RestExporterExampleRestConfig.java
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
 import org.springframework.context.support.ReloadableResourceBundleMessageSource;
 import org.springframework.data.rest.config.RepositoryRestConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.data.rest.example.jpa.Person;
-import org.springframework.data.rest.example.jpa.PersonRepository;
 import org.springframework.data.rest.example.jpa.PersonValidator;
+import org.springframework.data.rest.webmvc.RepositoryLinksResource;
 import org.springframework.data.rest.webmvc.config.RepositoryRestMvcConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.hateoas.Link;
 import org.springframework.hateoas.Resource;
@@ -16,32 +16,38 @@ import org.springframework.hateoas.ResourceProcessor;
 /**
  * @author Jon Brisbin
  */
+@SuppressWarnings({"rawtypes"})
 @Configuration
 //@ImportResource("classpath:META-INF/spring/security-config.xml")
 public class RestExporterExampleRestConfig extends RepositoryRestMvcConfiguration {
 
-	@Bean public MessageSource messageSource() {
+	@Bean
+	public MessageSource messageSource() {
 		ReloadableResourceBundleMessageSource msgsrc = new ReloadableResourceBundleMessageSource();
 		msgsrc.setBasename("/WEB-INF/classes/ValidationMessages");
 		msgsrc.setFallbackToSystemLocale(false);
 		return msgsrc;
 	}
 
-	@Bean public PersonValidator beforeCreatePersonValidator() {
+	@Bean
+	public PersonValidator beforeCreatePersonValidator() {
 		return new PersonValidator();
 	}
 
-	@Override protected void configureRepositoryRestConfiguration(RepositoryRestConfiguration config) {
+	@Override
+	protected void configureRepositoryRestConfiguration(RepositoryRestConfiguration config) {
 		config.setResourceMappingForDomainType(Person.class)
-		      .addResourceMappingFor("lastName")
-		      .setPath("surname");
+					.addResourceMappingFor("lastName")
+					.setPath("surname");
 	}
 
-	@Bean public ResourceProcessor<Resource<Person>> personResourceProcessor() {
+	@Bean
+	public ResourceProcessor<Resource<Person>> personResourceProcessor() {
 		return new ResourceProcessor<Resource<Person>>() {
 			RepositoryRestConfiguration config = config();
 
-			@Override public Resource<Person> process(Resource<Person> resource) {
+			@Override
+			public Resource<Person> process(Resource<Person> resource) {
 				System.out.println("processing " + resource);
 				System.out.println("url: " + config.getBaseUri().toString());
 				resource.add(new Link("http://host:port/path", "myrel"));
@@ -50,4 +56,15 @@ public class RestExporterExampleRestConfig extends RepositoryRestMvcConfiguratio
 		};
 	}
 
+	@Bean
+	public ResourceProcessor<RepositoryLinksResource> rootLinksResourceProcessor() {
+		return new ResourceProcessor<RepositoryLinksResource>() {
+			@Override
+			public RepositoryLinksResource process(RepositoryLinksResource resource) {
+				resource.add(new Link("href", "rel"));
+				return resource;
+			}
+		};
+	}
+
 }