diff --git a/examples/mandel.py b/examples/mandel.py
index 996132a915..d2b34fff83 100644
--- a/examples/mandel.py
+++ b/examples/mandel.py
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+try:
+    import micropython
+except:
+    pass
+
+
 def mandelbrot():
     # returns True if c, complex, is in the Mandelbrot set
     @micropython.native
diff --git a/examples/micropython.py b/examples/micropython.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..091c92deb3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/micropython.py
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# micropython module placeholder for CPython
+
+# Dummy function decorators
+
+def nodecor(x):
+    return x
+
+byte_code = native = viper = nodecor