diff --git a/checkinstall.sh b/checkinstall.sh
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/checkinstall.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+if [ "$1" = "-h" -o "$1" = "--help" ]; then
+  echo "All parameters will be passed to checkinstall, call as 'root' - e.g.:"
+  echo "  ./checkinstall.sh --pkgname=cross-mingw-mrw-c++ --pkgversion=3.2.4 -y"
+  exit 0
+fi
+TMP=/tmp/mrw-c++-checkinstall
+rm -rf $TMP
+DESTDIR=$TMP make install
+cd $TMP
+checkinstall $* cp -r * /
+rm -rf $TMP