diff --git a/build/i18n-lua2xml.lua b/build/i18n-lua2xml.lua
new file mode 100755
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+++ b/build/i18n-lua2xml.lua
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+#!/usr/bin/lua
+local util = require "luci.util"
+
+local x = {}
+local f = loadfile(arg[1])
+setfenv(f, x)
+f()
+
+print '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>'
+print ''
+print '<i18n:msgs xmlns:i18n="http://luci.freifunk-halle.net/2008/i18n#" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">'
+print ''
+
+for k, v in util.kspairs(x) do
+	print ('<i18n:msg xml:id="%s">%s</i18n:msg>' % {k, util.pcdata(v)})
+end
+
+print ''
+print '</i18n:msgs>'
+