diff --git a/static/buildResourceCode.sh b/static/buildResourceCode.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..2c00414e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/static/buildResourceCode.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+SCRIPT_DIR=$(dirname $0)
+RESOURCE_FILE=$SCRIPT_DIR/../src/common/resourceTools.h
+MAP="static std::map<std::string, const char*> createResourceMap() { \n"
+MAP=$MAP"\tstd::map<std::string, const char*> m; \n"
+
+# Delete old version of the file
+rm -f "$RESOURCE_FILE"
+
+# Create header of resourceTools.h
+cat << EOF > "$RESOURCE_FILE"
+#ifndef KIWIX_RESOURCETOOLS_H
+#define KIWIX_RESOURCETOOLS_H
+
+#include <string>
+#include <map>
+
+std::string getResourceAsString(const std::string &name);
+
+EOF
+
+# Goes through all files in /static/
+for FILE in `find . -type f | sed 's/\.\///' | grep -v .svn | grep -v Makefile | grep -v .sh | grep -v ~`
+do
+    echo "Inserting $FILE..."
+    FILE_ID=`echo "$FILE" | sed "s/\//_/" | sed "s/\./_/"`
+    reswrap -s -t -oa $RESOURCE_FILE -r $FILE_ID $FILE
+    MAP=$MAP"\tm[\""$FILE"\"] = "$FILE_ID"; \n"; 
+done;
+MAP=$MAP"\treturn m; \n";
+MAP=$MAP"} \n\n"
+MAP=$MAP"static std::map<std::string, const char*> resourceMap = createResourceMap(); \n\n"
+
+# Create the map table 
+# map<int, int> m = map_list_of (1,2) (3,4) (5,6) (7,8);
+echo $MAP >> "$RESOURCE_FILE"
+
+# Create the footer
+cat << EOF >> "$RESOURCE_FILE"
+#endif
+
+EOF