diff --git a/generate_xcode b/generate_xcode
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a9d7a31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/generate_xcode
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+cd "$(dirname "$0")"
+type premake4 >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo >&2 "'premake4' not found in your path."; exit 1; }
+premake4 --file=premake.lua xcode4