diff --git a/release/scripts/catpages-install.sh b/release/scripts/catpages-install.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..ce408fedc6cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release/scripts/catpages-install.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+if [ "`id -u`" != "0" ]; then
+	echo "Sorry, this must be done as root."
+	exit 1
+fi
+cat catpages.?? | tar --unlink -xpzf - -C /
+exit 0