diff --git a/tools/create_certificate.sh b/tools/create_certificate.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+OPENSSL=/usr/bin/openssl
+NAME=certificate
+
+if [ ! -x ${OPENSSL} ]; then
+	echo "Cannot locate the openssl utility: ${OPENSSL}"
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+${OPENSSL} genrsa -out ${NAME}.key 1024 &&
+${OPENSSL} req -new -x509 -nodes -sha1 -days 365 -key ${NAME}.key > ${NAME}.crt &&
+cat ${NAME}.key ${NAME}.crt > ${NAME}.pem && rm -f ${NAME}.key ${NAME}.crt
+
+echo "Created certificate ${NAME}.pem"
+