diff --git a/cmake/modules/TDEMacros.cmake b/cmake/modules/TDEMacros.cmake
index eef5568..b99aa80 100644
--- a/cmake/modules/TDEMacros.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/TDEMacros.cmake
@@ -160,6 +160,24 @@ macro( tde_add_luts )
 endmacro( tde_add_luts )
 
 
+#################################################
+#####
+##### tde_file_to_cpp( <source> <destination> <variable> )
+
+macro( tde_file_to_cpp _src _dst _var )
+  if( IS_ABSOLUTE ${_dst} )
+    set( dst ${_dst} )
+  else( )
+    set( dst "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${_dst}" )
+  endif( )
+  file( READ ${_src} text )
+  string( REGEX REPLACE "\n" "\\\\n\"\n\"" text "${text}" )
+  set( text "/* Generated by CMake */\n\nconst char *${_var} = \n\n\"${text}\";\n" )
+  string( REGEX REPLACE "\n\"\";\n$" ";\n" text "${text}" )
+  file( WRITE ${dst} "${text}" )
+endmacro( )
+
+
 #################################################
 #####
 ##### tde_install_la_file( <target> <destination> )