diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 497c900b5..d7f75b529 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2006-01-17  Richard Frith-Macdonald <rfm@gnu.org>
+
+	* Tools/plget.m: New file to extract a string from a plist.
+	* Tools/pldes.1: Include plget
+	* Tools/GNUmakefile: build/install plget.
+
 2006-01-15  Richard Frith-Macdonald <rfm@gnu.org>
 
 	* Source/win32/NSMessagePortNameServerWin32.m:
diff --git a/Tools/GNUmakefile b/Tools/GNUmakefile
index 310359af2..af03b88b8 100644
--- a/Tools/GNUmakefile
+++ b/Tools/GNUmakefile
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ ifeq ($(add),yes)
 TOOL_NAME = autogsdoc cvtenc plmerge sfparse xmlparse
 else
 TOOL_NAME = autogsdoc cvtenc gdnc gspath defaults pl plmerge \
-		plparse sfparse pldes plser pl2link xmlparse
+		plparse sfparse pldes plget plser pl2link xmlparse
 CTOOL_NAME = gdomap
 
 SUBPROJECTS = make_strings
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ dremove_OBJC_FILES = dremove.m
 dwrite_OBJC_FILES = dwrite.m
 pl_OBJC_FILES = pl.m
 pldes_OBJC_FILES = pldes.m
+plget_OBJC_FILES = plget.m
 plser_OBJC_FILES = plser.m
 plmerge_OBJC_FILES = plmerge.m
 plparse_OBJC_FILES = plparse.m
diff --git a/Tools/pldes.1 b/Tools/pldes.1
index a44ef21b2..d79b551c4 100644
--- a/Tools/pldes.1
+++ b/Tools/pldes.1
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ pl, pldes, plser, plmerge, plparse, pl2link	\- property list tools
 .nf
 .BI "pldes " "filename(s)"
 .nl
+.BI "plget " "key"
+.nl
 .BI "plser " "filename(s)"
 .nl
 .BI "plmerge [ " "destination-file" " ] [ " "input-file(s)" " ]"
@@ -42,6 +44,10 @@ manipulating the various persistent property list representations as files.
 .IP "\fBpldes\fR \fIfilename(s)\fR" 4
 Converts a binary serialised property list (class instance) to a text
 representation.
+.IP "\fBplget\fR \fIkey\fR" 4
+Reads a text representation of a dictionary in property list format as
+standard input, extracts the string value held in that dictionary with
+the specified key, and writes the result to standard output.
 .IP "\fBplser\fR \fIfilename(s)\fR" 4
 Converts a text representation of a property list to a binary serialized
 representation.
@@ -67,7 +73,7 @@ Written 1999-2000.
 This manual page first appeared in gnustep-base 1.9.2 (March 2004).
 .P
 .SH AUTHORS
-.B pldes, plparse, plser
+.B pldes, plget, plparse, plser
 were written by Richard Frith-McDonald <rfm@gnu.org>.
 .PP
 .B plmerge
diff --git a/Tools/plget.m b/Tools/plget.m
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f69aa059a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tools/plget.m
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+/** This tool extracts a string value from a dictionary in a property list.
+   Copyright (C) 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+   Written by:  Richard Frith-Macdonald <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>
+   Created: may 1999
+
+   This file is part of the GNUstep Project
+
+   This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+   as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
+   of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public
+   License along with this library; see the file COPYING.LIB.
+   If not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+   51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+
+   */
+
+#include "config.h"
+#include	<Foundation/Foundation.h>
+#include	<Foundation/NSArray.h>
+#include	<Foundation/NSData.h>
+#include	<Foundation/NSException.h>
+#include	<Foundation/NSString.h>
+#include	<Foundation/NSProcessInfo.h>
+#include	<Foundation/NSUserDefaults.h>
+#include	<Foundation/NSDebug.h>
+#include	<Foundation/NSFileHandle.h>
+#include	<Foundation/NSAutoreleasePool.h>
+
+
+/** <p> This tool extracts a string value from a dictionary in a property
+    list representation.<br />
+    It takes a single argument (the key to be extracted).<br />
+    It expects to read the property list from STDIN.<br />
+    It writes the string value (if any) on STDOUT<br />
+ </p> */
+int
+main(int argc, char** argv, char **env)
+{
+  CREATE_AUTORELEASE_POOL(pool);
+  NSProcessInfo		*proc;
+  NSArray		*args;
+  int			status = EXIT_SUCCESS;
+
+#ifdef GS_PASS_ARGUMENTS
+  [NSProcessInfo initializeWithArguments:argv count:argc environment:env];
+#endif
+  pool = [NSAutoreleasePool new];
+  proc = [NSProcessInfo processInfo];
+  if (proc == nil)
+    {
+      NSLog(@"plget: unable to get process information.");
+      RELEASE(pool);
+      exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+    }
+
+  args = [proc arguments];
+
+  if ([args count] <= 1)
+    {
+      NSLog(@"plget: no key given to get.");
+      RELEASE(pool);
+      exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+    }
+  else
+    {
+      NSFileHandle	*fileHandle;
+      NSData		*inputData;
+      NSString		*inputString;
+      NSDictionary	*dictionary;
+      NSString		*value;
+      NSData		*outputData;
+
+      NS_DURING
+	{
+	  fileHandle = [NSFileHandle fileHandleWithStandardInput];
+	  inputData = [fileHandle readDataToEndOfFile];
+	  inputString = [[NSString alloc] initWithData: inputData
+					      encoding: NSUTF8StringEncoding];
+	  if (inputString == nil)
+	    {
+	      inputString = [[NSString alloc] initWithData: inputData
+		encoding: [NSString defaultCStringEncoding]];
+	    }
+	  dictionary = [inputString propertyList];
+	  RELEASE(inputString);
+	  value = [dictionary objectForKey: [args objectAtIndex: 1]];
+	  outputData = [value dataUsingEncoding:
+	    [NSString defaultCStringEncoding]];
+	  if ([outputData length] > 0)
+	    {
+	      fileHandle = [NSFileHandle fileHandleWithStandardOutput];
+	      [fileHandle writeData: outputData];
+	    }
+	}
+      NS_HANDLER
+	{
+	  NSLog(@"Problem: %@", localException);
+	  status = EXIT_FAILURE;
+	}
+      NS_ENDHANDLER
+    }
+  RELEASE(pool);
+  return status;
+}