diff --git a/examples/big_upload/ajax_upload_demo/index.html b/examples/big_upload/ajax_upload_demo/index.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9ba5d63c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/big_upload/ajax_upload_demo/index.html
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html>
+<head>
+  <title>AJAX Upload Example</title>
+  <script src="//code.jquery.com/jquery-1.9.1.js"></script>
+  <script type="text/javascript">
+    function updateProgress(evt) {
+      if (evt.lengthComputable) {
+        document.getElementById("output").textContent =
+              "Uploaded " + evt.loaded + " of " + evt.total + " bytes";
+      }
+    }
+    function uploadFile() {
+      var file_data = new FormData(document.getElementById('filename'));
+      $.ajax({
+        url: "/upload",
+        type: "POST",
+        data: file_data,
+        processData: false,
+        contentType: false,
+        cache: false,
+        xhr: function() {
+          myXhr = $.ajaxSettings.xhr();
+          if(myXhr.upload){
+            myXhr.upload.addEventListener('progress',updateProgress, false); // for handling the progress of the upload
+          }
+          return myXhr;
+        },
+      }).done(function(data) {
+          document.getElementById("output").textContent = "Result: " + data;
+      });
+      return false;
+    }
+  </script>
+</head>
+
+<body>
+  <form method="post" id="filename" name="filename" onsubmit="return uploadFile();">
+    <label>Select a file:</label><br>
+    <input type="file" id="file" name="file" required />
+    <input type="submit" value="Upload" />
+  </form>
+  <br><br><div id="output"></div>
+</body>
+</html>
diff --git a/examples/big_upload/big_upload.c b/examples/big_upload/big_upload.c
index 682a0c31..5514d7b7 100644
--- a/examples/big_upload/big_upload.c
+++ b/examples/big_upload/big_upload.c
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include "mongoose.h"
 
 static const char *s_http_port = "8000";
+static struct mg_serve_http_opts s_http_server_opts;
 
 struct file_writer_data {
   FILE *fp;
@@ -83,11 +84,33 @@ static void handle_upload(struct mg_connection *nc, int ev, void *p) {
 
 static void ev_handler(struct mg_connection *nc, int ev, void *ev_data) {
   (void) ev_data;
-  switch (ev) {
-    case MG_EV_HTTP_REQUEST:
-      // Invoked when the full HTTP request is in the buffer (including body).
-      handle_request(nc);
-      break;
+  if (ev == MG_EV_HTTP_REQUEST) {
+    mg_printf(nc, "%s",
+              "HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\n"
+              "Content-Type: text/html\r\n"
+              "Connection: close\r\n"
+              "\r\n"
+              "<html><body>Upload example."
+              "Navigate to <a "
+              "href=\"simple_upload_demo\">/simple_upload_demo</a> for "
+              "uploading using submit "
+              "or to <a href=\"/ajax_upload_demo\">/ajax_upload_demo</a> for "
+              "uploading using ajax"
+              "</form></body></html>");
+    nc->flags |= MG_F_SEND_AND_CLOSE;
+  }
+}
+
+static void upload_demo_handler(struct mg_connection *nc, int ev, void *p) {
+  if (ev == MG_EV_HTTP_REQUEST) {
+    (void) p;
+    handle_request(nc);
+  }
+}
+
+static void ajax_demo_handler(struct mg_connection *nc, int ev, void *p) {
+  if (ev == MG_EV_HTTP_REQUEST) {
+    mg_serve_http(nc, (struct http_message *) p, s_http_server_opts);
   }
 }
 
@@ -98,7 +121,14 @@ int main(void) {
   mg_mgr_init(&mgr, NULL);
   nc = mg_bind(&mgr, s_http_port, ev_handler);
 
+  s_http_server_opts.document_root = ".";  // Serve current directory
+
   mg_register_http_endpoint(nc, "/upload", handle_upload MG_UD_ARG(NULL));
+  mg_register_http_endpoint(nc, "/ajax_upload_demo",
+                            ajax_demo_handler MG_UD_ARG(NULL));
+  mg_register_http_endpoint(nc, "/simple_upload_demo",
+                            upload_demo_handler MG_UD_ARG(NULL));
+
   // Set up HTTP server parameters
   mg_set_protocol_http_websocket(nc);
 
