diff --git a/tools/quaketoascii/Makefile b/tools/quaketoascii/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..95bb887d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/quaketoascii/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+CC=gcc
+CFLAGS=-I/usr/local/include
+LDFLAGS=-L/usr/local/lib -lQFutil
+
+quaketoascii: quaketoascii.c
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ quaketoascii.c
diff --git a/tools/quaketoascii/quaketoascii.c b/tools/quaketoascii/quaketoascii.c
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index 000000000..14d47ad30
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+++ b/tools/quaketoascii/quaketoascii.c
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+/*
+ * quaketoascii - Convert Quake extended characters into ASCII
+ * 
+ * This program is public domain.
+ *
+ * The orginal author is Dwayne C. Litzenberger <dlitz@dlitz.net>.
+ * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED AS-IS WITHOUT WARRANTY
+ * OF ANY KIND, NOT EVEN THE IMPLIED WARRANTY OF
+ * MERCHANTABILITY. THE AUTHOR OF THIS SOFTWARE,
+ * ASSUMES _NO_ RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY CONSEQUENCE
+ * RESULTING FROM THE USE, MODIFICATION, OR
+ * REDISTRIBUTION OF THIS SOFTWARE.
+ *
+ */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+
+#include "QF/sys.h"
+
+int
+main (int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+	unsigned char	c;
+	
+	if (argc > 1) {
+		printf ("quaketoascii - Convert Quake extended characters into ASCII\n");
+		printf ("Usage: %s < infile > outfile\n", argv[0]);
+		return 1;
+	}
+	
+	while (!feof (stdin) && !ferror (stdin)) {
+		if (fread (&c, 1, 1, stdin) == 1) {
+			fputc (sys_char_map[(int) c], stdout);
+			fflush (stdout);
+		}
+	}
+	if (ferror (stdin)) {
+		perror ("fread");
+		return 1;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}