diff --git a/wxPython/distrib/makemo.py b/wxPython/distrib/makemo.py
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/wxPython/distrib/makemo.py
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+import sys, os, glob
+from distutils.dep_util import newer
+from distutils.spawn import spawn
+
+poFiles = glob.glob("*.po")
+
+for po in poFiles:
+   mo = os.path.splitext(po)[0] + '.mo'
+   if mo != 'wxstd.mo':
+       if newer(po, mo):
+           cmd = 'msgfmt --verbose -o %s %s' % (mo, po)
+           print cmd
+           spawn(cmd.split())
+           print
+       else:
+           print "%s is up to date" % mo