diff --git a/tools/makestrings b/tools/makestrings
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..a6c4a8843
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/makestrings
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+#!/usr/bin/perl
+
+
+sub stringify {
+  my $name = shift(@_);
+  open(OUTPUTC, "> $name.c");
+  open(OUTPUTH, "> $name.h");
+  
+  open(FILE, "$name");
+  
+  while(<FILE>) {
+    if(/(.+) "(.+)"/) {
+      $var = $1;
+      $data = $2;
+      
+      $datan = $data;
+      $datan =~ s/\\r/\r/g;
+      $datan =~ s/\\n/\n/g;
+      $datan =~ s/\\01/\01/g;      
+      $datan =~ s/\\0/\0/g;
+      
+      printf(OUTPUTC "const char $var\[%d] = \n", length($datan) + 1);
+      printf(OUTPUTC "/* \"$data\" */\n");
+      printf(OUTPUTC "{");
+      for($j = 0; $j < length($datan); $j++) {
+	printf(OUTPUTC "%#02x, ", unpack("C", substr($datan, $j, 1)));
+      }
+      printf(OUTPUTC "};\n");
+      
+      printf(OUTPUTH "extern const char $var\[%d];\n", length($datan) + 1);
+      
+    }
+  }
+  close(OUTPUTC);
+  close(OUTPUTH);
+}
+stringify($ARGV[0]);
+
+exit 0;
+