diff --git a/tools/Makefile b/tools/Makefile
index cca21a7..3533faa 100644
--- a/tools/Makefile
+++ b/tools/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ CC = gcc
 CCFLAGS = -Wall -o
 BUILDDIR = output/
 
-all: create_build_dir $(BUILDDIR)injector $(BUILDDIR)fileadder $(BUILDDIR)httpd_sim $(BUILDDIR)crc_calculator
+all: create_build_dir $(BUILDDIR)injector $(BUILDDIR)fileadder $(BUILDDIR)httpd_sim\
+	$(BUILDDIR)crc_calculator $(BUILDDIR)imagebuilder
 
 create_build_dir:
 	mkdir -p $(BUILDDIR)
@@ -21,3 +22,6 @@ $(BUILDDIR)crc_calculator: crc_calculator.c
 
 $(BUILDDIR)httpd_sim: httpd_sim.c httpd_sim.h
 	gcc $< $(CCFLAGS) $@ -I/usr/include/json-c -ljson-c
+
+$(BUILDDIR)imagebuilder: imagebuilder.c
+	gcc $^ $(CCFLAGS) $@
diff --git a/tools/imagebuilder.c b/tools/imagebuilder.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a965d0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/imagebuilder.c
@@ -0,0 +1,166 @@
+/*
+ * Adds data files into specified locations of an image, optionally creates
+ * an index in the form of a header file
+ */
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <arpa/inet.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <argp.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
+
+
+#define OFFSET 2
+#define BANK0_SIZE 0x4000
+#define BANK_SIZE 0xc000
+#define BANK_STRIDE 0x10000
+
+// Use a 4MB buffer, the maximum flash rom size
+#define BUFFER_SIZE 0x400000
+uint8_t buffer[BUFFER_SIZE];
+FILE *inptr;
+int outptr;
+
+const char *argp_program_version = "imagebuilder 0.1";
+const char *argp_program_bug_address = "<git@logicog.de>";
+static char doc[] = "Create an image with multiple banks for RTL837X-based switches";
+static char args_doc[] = "INPUT_IMAGE";
+static struct argp_option options[] = {
+    { "input", 'i', "FILE", 0, "Input file"},
+    { 0 }
+};
+
+
+struct arguments {
+        char *input_file;
+};
+
+
+static error_t parse_opt(int key, char *arg, struct argp_state *state)
+{
+	struct arguments *arguments = state->input;
+	switch (key) {
+	case 'i':
+		arguments->input_file = arg;
+		break;
+	case ARGP_KEY_END:
+		if (state->arg_num < 1)  // Expect 1 command line argument at end
+			argp_usage(state);
+		break;
+	default:
+		return ARGP_ERR_UNKNOWN;
+    }
+    return 0;
+}
+
+
+static struct argp argp = {
+	options, parse_opt, args_doc, doc, 0, 0, 0
+};
+
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+	struct arguments arguments;
+	int arg_index;
+
+	arguments.input_file = NULL;
+
+	argp_parse(&argp, argc, argv, 0, &arg_index, &arguments);
+
+	memset(buffer, 0, BUFFER_SIZE);
+
+	size_t filesize = 0;
+	inptr = fopen(arguments.input_file, "rb");
+	if (inptr == NULL) {
+		printf("Cannot open input file %s\n", arguments.input_file);
+		return 5;
+	}
+
+	fseek(inptr, 0L, SEEK_END);
+	filesize = ftell(inptr);
+	rewind(inptr);
+	printf("Input file size: %ld\n", filesize);
+	if (filesize > BUFFER_SIZE) {
+		printf("File too large.\n");
+		return 5;
+	}
+
+	int nbanks = (filesize - BANK0_SIZE) / BANK_STRIDE;
+	printf("Input file contains %d banks\n", nbanks);
+
+	/* Verify the size of banks in input file:
+	 * Bank 0: 0x00002 - 0x04000 <- 0x00000 - 0x03ffe
+	 * Bank 1: 0x04000 - 0x10000 <- 0x14000 - 0x20000
+	 * Bank 2: 0x10000 - 0x1c000 <- 0x24000 - 0x33000
+	 * [...]
+	 * by verifying whether other than 0-bytes are found in the input
+	 * file after these ranges.
+	 */
+	size_t  bytes_read = fread(buffer, 1, filesize, inptr);
+	if (bytes_read != filesize) {
+			printf("Error reading input file.\n");
+			return 5;
+	}
+	for (int b = BANK0_SIZE; b < BANK_STRIDE + BANK0_SIZE; b ++) {
+		if (buffer[b]) {
+			printf("WARNING: Bank 0: code segment too large at 0x%x!\n", b);
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+	for (int bank = 1; bank <= nbanks; bank++) {
+		for (int b = (bank + 1) * BANK_STRIDE; b < (bank + 1) * BANK_STRIDE + BANK0_SIZE; b ++) {
+			if (buffer[b]) {
+				printf("WARNING: Bank %d: code segment too large at 0x%x!\n", bank, b);
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	rewind(inptr);
+	memset(buffer, 0, BUFFER_SIZE);
+
+	// BANK0-Size
+	buffer[0] = 0x00;
+	buffer[1] = 0x40;
+
+	// Read bank 0
+	bytes_read = fread(buffer + OFFSET, 1, BANK0_SIZE, inptr);
+	printf("Bank 0: Bytes read: %ld\n", bytes_read);
+
+	if (bytes_read != BANK0_SIZE) {
+		printf("Error reading input file.\n");
+		return 5;
+	}
+	fseek(inptr, BANK_STRIDE, SEEK_CUR);
+
+	for (int bank = 1; bank <= nbanks; bank++) {
+		bytes_read = fread(buffer + (bank - 1) * BANK_SIZE + BANK0_SIZE, 1, BANK_SIZE, inptr);
+		printf("Bank %d: bytes read: %ld\n", bank, bytes_read);
+		if (bank != nbanks)
+			fseek(inptr, BANK0_SIZE, SEEK_CUR);
+	}
+
+	fclose(inptr);
+
+	outptr = creat(argv[arg_index], S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IWGRP);
+
+	if (!outptr) {
+		printf("Cannot open %s\n", argv[arg_index]);
+		return 5;
+	}
+
+	size_t written = write(outptr, buffer, (nbanks + 1) * BANK_STRIDE);
+
+	if (written != (nbanks + 1) * BANK_STRIDE) {
+		printf("Error writing output file.\n");
+		return 5;
+	}
+	close(outptr);
+
+	return 0;
+}