diff --git a/contracts/examples/SimpleToken.sol b/contracts/examples/SimpleToken.sol
index 67de00ca4..f1bd8e079 100644
--- a/contracts/examples/SimpleToken.sol
+++ b/contracts/examples/SimpleToken.sol
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 pragma solidity ^0.4.24;
 
 
+import "../Initializable.sol";
 import "../token/ERC20/ERC20.sol";
 
 
@@ -10,7 +11,7 @@ import "../token/ERC20/ERC20.sol";
  * Note they can later distribute these tokens as they wish using `transfer` and other
  * `ERC20` functions.
  */
-contract SimpleToken is ERC20 {
+contract SimpleToken is Initializable, ERC20 {
 
   string public constant name = "SimpleToken";
   string public constant symbol = "SIM";
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ contract SimpleToken is ERC20 {
   /**
    * @dev Constructor that gives msg.sender all of existing tokens.
    */
-  constructor() public {
+  function initialize() public initializer {
     _mint(msg.sender, INITIAL_SUPPLY);
   }
 
diff --git a/contracts/mocks/SimpleTokenMock.sol b/contracts/mocks/SimpleTokenMock.sol
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2689d09c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contracts/mocks/SimpleTokenMock.sol
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+pragma solidity ^0.4.24;
+
+import "../Initializable.sol";
+import "../examples/SimpleToken.sol";
+
+contract SimpleTokenMock is Initializable, SimpleToken {
+  constructor() public {
+    SimpleToken.initialize();
+  }
+}
diff --git a/test/examples/SimpleToken.test.js b/test/examples/SimpleToken.test.js
index a28cf4641..74f56938d 100644
--- a/test/examples/SimpleToken.test.js
+++ b/test/examples/SimpleToken.test.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 const { decodeLogs } = require('../helpers/decodeLogs');
-const SimpleToken = artifacts.require('SimpleToken');
+const SimpleToken = artifacts.require('SimpleTokenMock');
 
 const BigNumber = web3.BigNumber;