diff --git a/project/extras.mk b/project/extras.mk
index b30e289..d11402d 100644
--- a/project/extras.mk
+++ b/project/extras.mk
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # build info
 PYTHON_VER     = 2.7
+PYTHON_MAJOR   = 2
 
 CFLAGS_COMMON += -I$(PROJECT_DIR)/profiles
 CFLAGS_COMMON += -I$(SOURCE_DIR)/Include
@@ -104,3 +105,6 @@ include $(PROJECT_DIR)/project/pydist.mk
 
 # pycgen (python's distributed .pyc objects)
 include $(PROJECT_DIR)/project/pycgen.mk
+
+# pytools (python's {prefix}/bin script-based tools)
+include $(PROJECT_DIR)/project/pytools.mk
diff --git a/project/pytools.mk b/project/pytools.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d9c967a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/project/pytools.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+PYTOOL_2TO3   = 2to3
+PYTOOL_IDLE   = idle
+PYTOOL_PYDOC  = pydoc
+PYTOOL_SRCDIR = tools
+PYTOOL_DSTDIR = $(DESTDIR)/$(BINDIR)
+
+$(PYTOOL_SRCDIR)/%: $(SOURCE_DIR)/Tools/scripts/%
+		PYCOPY_PYTHON=$(PYCOPY_PYTHON) \
+		PYCOPY_PREFIX=$(PYCOPY_PREFIX) \
+		PYCOPY_DSTDIR=$(PYTOOL_SRCDIR) \
+		$(PYCOPY) $<
+
+PYTOOLS = \
+	$(PYTOOL_SRCDIR)/$(PYTOOL_2TO3) \
+	$(PYTOOL_SRCDIR)/$(PYTOOL_IDLE) \
+	$(PYTOOL_SRCDIR)/$(PYTOOL_PYDOC)
+
+pytools:	$(PYTOOLS)
+
+pytools-clean:
+		rm -f $(PYTOOLS)
+
+pytools-install:$(PYTOOLS)
+		mkdir -p $(PYTOOL_DSTDIR)
+
+		cp -p $(PYTOOL_SRCDIR)/$(PYTOOL_2TO3)    $(PYTOOL_DSTDIR)/$(PYTOOL_2TO3)-$(PYTHON_VER)
+		cp -p $(PYTOOL_SRCDIR)/$(PYTOOL_IDLE)    $(PYTOOL_DSTDIR)/$(PYTOOL_IDLE)$(PYTHON_VER)
+		cp -p $(PYTOOL_SRCDIR)/$(PYTOOL_PYDOC)   $(PYTOOL_DSTDIR)/$(PYTOOL_PYDOC)$(PYTHON_VER)
+
+		ln -s $(PYTOOL_2TO3)-$(PYTHON_VER)       $(PYTOOL_DSTDIR)/$(PYTOOL_2TO3)-$(PYTHON_MAJOR).tmp
+		ln -s $(PYTOOL_IDLE)$(PYTHON_VER)        $(PYTOOL_DSTDIR)/$(PYTOOL_IDLE)$(PYTHON_MAJOR).tmp
+		ln -s $(PYTOOL_PYDOC)$(PYTHON_VER)       $(PYTOOL_DSTDIR)/$(PYTOOL_PYDOC)$(PYTHON_MAJOR).tmp
+
+		mv $(PYTOOL_DSTDIR)/$(PYTOOL_2TO3)-$(PYTHON_MAJOR).tmp    $(PYTOOL_DSTDIR)/$(PYTOOL_2TO3)-$(PYTHON_MAJOR)
+		mv $(PYTOOL_DSTDIR)/$(PYTOOL_IDLE)$(PYTHON_MAJOR).tmp     $(PYTOOL_DSTDIR)/$(PYTOOL_IDLE)$(PYTHON_MAJOR)
+		mv $(PYTOOL_DSTDIR)/$(PYTOOL_PYDOC)$(PYTHON_MAJOR).tmp    $(PYTOOL_DSTDIR)/$(PYTOOL_PYDOC)$(PYTHON_MAJOR)
+
+all:		pytools
+
+install:	pytools-install
+
+clean:		pytools-clean
+
+.PHONY:		pytools pytools-install
diff --git a/project/tree.mk b/project/tree.mk
index 4af315d..5544bfe 100644
--- a/project/tree.mk
+++ b/project/tree.mk
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 tree.tag:
 		mkdir -p pyext
+		mkdir -p tools
 		mkdir -p Modules
 		mkdir -p Modules/cjkcodecs
 		mkdir -p Modules/zlib