diff --git a/recipes-connectivity/opendds/opendds.inc b/recipes-connectivity/opendds/opendds.inc
index 98d9b01..81a02fa 100644
--- a/recipes-connectivity/opendds/opendds.inc
+++ b/recipes-connectivity/opendds/opendds.inc
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE;md5=11ee76f6fb51f69658b5bb8327c50b11"
 
 inherit autotools
 
+PACKAGECONFIG ??= ""
+PACKAGECONFIG[ishapes] = "--qt=${STAGING_DIR_NATIVE}${prefix_native} --qt-include=${STAGING_INCDIR},,qtbase qtbase-native"
+
 DEPENDS += "\
     cmake-native \
     opendds-native \
@@ -64,6 +67,7 @@ OECONF:append:class-target = "\
     --host-tools=${STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE}/DDS_HOST_ROOT \
     --target=linux-cross \
     --target-compiler=${S}/${HOST_PREFIX}g++ \
+    ${PACKAGECONFIG_CONFARGS} \
 "
 OECONF:append:class-native = "\
     --target=linux \
@@ -78,6 +82,9 @@ OECONF:append:class-nativesdk = "\
     --host-tools-only \
 "
 
+SOLIBS = ".so*"
+FILES_SOLIBSDEV = ""
+
 do_configure() {
     ./configure ${OECONF}
 }
@@ -92,19 +99,6 @@ do_install:append:class-target() {
     install -d ${D}${datadir}/dds/dds/idl
     cp ${S}/dds/idl/IDLTemplate.txt ${D}${datadir}/dds/dds/idl
 
-    for shared_lib in ${D}${libdir}/*.so.*; do
-        if [ -f $shared_lib ]; then
-            baselib=$(basename $shared_lib)
-            shortlib=$(echo $baselib | sed 's/.so.*//')
-            extn=$(echo $baselib | sed -n 's/^[^.]*\.so//p')
-            extn=$(echo $extn | sed 's/[^. 0-9]*//g')
-            while [ -n "$extn" ]; do
-                extn=$(echo $extn | sed 's/\.[^.]*$//')
-                ln -sf $baselib ${D}${libdir}/$shortlib.so$extn
-            done
-        fi
-    done
-
     # Copy OpenDDS source tree folders to sysroot-destdir/usr/share/DDS_ROOT
     # to support building OpenDDS apps in their own layers
     . ${S}/setenv.sh
@@ -123,6 +117,11 @@ do_install:append:class-target() {
     cp -r ${DDS_ROOT}/ACE_wrappers/TAO ${D}${datadir}/DDS_ROOT/ACE_wrappers
     cp -r ${DDS_ROOT}/ACE_wrappers/lib ${D}${datadir}/DDS_ROOT/ACE_wrappers
     cp ${DDS_ROOT}/ACE_wrappers/*.txt ${D}${datadir}/DDS_ROOT/ACE_wrappers
+
+    if [ "${@bb.utils.contains("PACKAGECONFIG", "ishapes", "1", "0", d)}" = "1" ]; then
+        install -d ${D}${bindir}
+        install -m 0755 ${S}/examples/DCPS/ishapes/ishapes ${D}${bindir}/
+    fi
 }
 
 do_install:append:class-native() {
@@ -146,10 +145,14 @@ do_install:append:class-nativesdk() {
     ln -sf ${bindir}/tao_idl ${D}${datadir}/ace/bin/tao_idl
 }
 
+PACKAGES += "${PN}-ishapes"
+
 INSANE_SKIP:${PN} += "dev-so"
+INSANE_SKIP:${PN}-dev += "libdir"
 
-FILES:SOLIBSDEV = ""
-FILES:${PN} += "${libdir}/*.so"
 FILES:${PN}-dev += "${datadir}"
+FILES:${PN}-ishapes += "${bindir}/ishapes"
+
+ALLOW_EMPTY:${PN}-ishapes = "1"
 
 BBCLASSEXTEND = "native nativesdk"
diff --git a/recipes-connectivity/opendds/opendds/0001-adding-the-ishapes-demo.patch b/recipes-connectivity/opendds/opendds/0001-adding-the-ishapes-demo.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..db2ecee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes-connectivity/opendds/opendds/0001-adding-the-ishapes-demo.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+From 7e415ebcf99f7f8a775fee4155063be58031d200 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Jan Vermaete <jan.vermaete@gmail.com>
+Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2023 15:18:07 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH 1/1] adding the ishapes demo
+
+Without having to use the --tests during configuration.
+This would include all tests.  And depends on gtests, what
+not part of common openembedded/Yocto layers.
+
+Signed-off-by: Jan Vermaete<jan.vermaete@gmail.com>
+---
+ DDS_TAOv2.mwc | 1 +
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
+
+diff --git a/DDS_TAOv2.mwc b/DDS_TAOv2.mwc
+index 384e2620a..4f154deb2 100644
+--- a/DDS_TAOv2.mwc
++++ b/DDS_TAOv2.mwc
+@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ workspace {
+   tools
+   java
+   DevGuideExamples
++  examples/DCPS/ishapes
+ 
+   exclude {
+     java/jms
+-- 
+2.39.2
+
diff --git a/recipes-connectivity/opendds/opendds_3.26.1.bb b/recipes-connectivity/opendds/opendds_3.26.1.bb
index 0318ab3..0e9efc5 100644
--- a/recipes-connectivity/opendds/opendds_3.26.1.bb
+++ b/recipes-connectivity/opendds/opendds_3.26.1.bb
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ SRCREV = "3d7f89e8243fbf382ce6374f900489e76894d4f9"
 DDS_SRC_BRANCH = "branch-DDS-3.26"
 SRC_URI = "\
     git://github.com/OpenDDS/OpenDDS.git;protocol=https;branch=${DDS_SRC_BRANCH};name=opendds \
+    ${@bb.utils.contains('PACKAGECONFIG', 'ishapes', 'file://0001-adding-the-ishapes-demo.patch', '', d)} \
     file://0002-fixing-DoAll-testing-DoAll.patch \
 "