diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 5cb88eaea..48033f035 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -31,3 +31,5 @@ EXTRA_DIST = \
 	VERSION.md
 
 include tests/Makefile.inc
+
+dist_bin_SCRIPTS = scripts/sst-snippets.py
diff --git a/scripts/sst-snippets.py b/scripts/sst-snippets.py
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..fafdf36c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/sst-snippets.py
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+#! /usr/bin/env python3
+
+import os
+import sys
+import json
+
+if not os.path.exists("snippets"):
+  os.mkdir("snippets")
+
+srcpath = os.path.dirname(sys.argv[1])
+
+configFile = open(sys.argv[1],'r')
+config = json.load(configFile)
+
+for tag in config["snippets"]:
+  snip = config["snippets"][tag]
+
+  # python or c++?
+  language = "c++"
+  try: 
+    if snip["language"] == "python":
+      language = "python"
+  except: pass
+
+  # a unique tag
+  scoped_tag = "SSTSnippet::" + tag
+  
+  # read the input file
+  infile = open( os.path.join(srcpath, snip["file"]), 'r')
+  lines = infile.readlines() 
+  
+  # open the output file
+  outfile = open( "snippets/" + snip["file"].replace("/","-") + '-' + tag, 'w') 
+
+  snippeting = False
+  for line in lines:
+    if line.find(scoped_tag) != -1:
+      if line.find("start") != -1:
+        snippeting = True
+      elif line.find("pause") != -1:
+        snippeting = False
+      elif line.find("end") != -1:
+        break
+
+      if line.find("highlight") != -1:
+        if (language == "python"):
+          outfile.write("#")
+        else:
+          outfile.write("//")
+        if line.find("highlight-start") != -1:
+          outfile.write("highlight-start")
+        elif line.find("highlight-stop") != -1:
+          outfile.write("highlight-stop")
+        else:
+          outfile.write("highlight-next-line\n")   
+    elif snippeting and line.find("SSTSnippet::") == -1:
+      outfile.write(line)
+
+  infile.close()
+  outfile.close()
+      
+configFile.close()
+      
+