diff --git a/SConstruct b/SConstruct
index 2a3a2f480..149590ce4 100644
--- a/SConstruct
+++ b/SConstruct
@@ -1192,6 +1192,7 @@ if not HELP_REQUESTED:
     # Build the Python bindings
     if 'python' in env['BINDINGS']:
         SConscript('bindings/python/SConscript')
+        SConscript('utils/upgrade_map_xml/SConscript')
     
     # Configure fonts and if requested install the bundled DejaVu fonts
     SConscript('fonts/SConscript')
diff --git a/utils/upgrade_map_xml/SConscript b/utils/upgrade_map_xml/SConscript
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..97282ffd4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/upgrade_map_xml/SConscript
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#
+# This file is part of Mapnik (c++ mapping toolkit)
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2006 Artem Pavlenko, Jean-Francois Doyon
+#
+# Mapnik is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+# modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+# License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+# version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+# Lesser General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+# License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
+#
+# $Id$
+
+Import ('env')
+
+prefix = env['PREFIX']
+install_prefix = env['DESTDIR'] + '/' + prefix
+
+env.Install(install_prefix + '/bin', "upgrade_map_xml.py")
+env.Alias('install', install_prefix + '/bin')