diff --git a/bin/gconf-merge-schema b/bin/gconf-merge-schema
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..992c162e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/gconf-merge-schema
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+if [ ! "$1" -a ! "$2" ]; then
+  echo "Usage: $0 output.schemas [--domain gettextdomain] file1.schemas [file2.schemas [...]]"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+OUTFILE="$1"
+DOMAIN=""
+shift
+
+if [ "$1" = "--domain" ]; then
+  shift
+  DOMAIN=$1
+  shift
+fi
+
+echo '<?xml version="1.0"?>' > "$OUTFILE"
+echo '<gconfschemafile><schemalist>' >> "$OUTFILE"
+
+while [ "$1" ]; do
+  if [ -f "$1" ]; then
+    sed -e '/<?xml/d' \
+        -e 's|<gconfschemafile>||g' \
+	-e 's|</gconfschemafile>||g' \
+        -e 's|<schemalist>||g' \
+	-e 's|</schemalist>||g' "$1" >> "$OUTFILE"
+  fi
+  shift
+done
+  
+echo '</schemalist></gconfschemafile>' >> "$OUTFILE"
+if [ "$DOMAIN" != "" ]; then
+  sed -ri "s/^([[:space:]]*)(<locale name=\"C\">)/\1<gettext_domain>$DOMAIN<\/gettext_domain>\n\1\2/; /^[[:space:]]*<locale name=\"[^C]/,/^[[:space:]]*<\/locale>[[:space:]]*\$/ d; /^$/d; s/<\/schema>$/&\n/" "$OUTFILE"
+fi