diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index f2974da861..b8424c26a7 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -3744,6 +3744,7 @@ tools/check_ide_libs.sh -text svneol=native#application/x-sh
 tools/convert_po_file_to_utf-8.sh svneol=native#text/plain
 tools/copy_po_files_to_lazarus_sources.sh -text svneol=native#application/x-sh
 tools/delete_non_svn_files.pl svneol=native#text/plain
+tools/find_missing_lpl_files.sh svneol=native#text/plain
 tools/getallpofiles.sh -text svneol=native#application/x-sh
 tools/iconvtable.lpi svneol=native#text/plain
 tools/iconvtable.pas svneol=native#text/plain
diff --git a/tools/find_missing_lpl_files.sh b/tools/find_missing_lpl_files.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..cb894e4be8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/find_missing_lpl_files.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# run in tools
+# prints out all lpk files without lpl
+
+set -e
+
+LazDir=..
+
+LPKFiles=$(find $LazDir -name '*.lpk' | xargs)
+for LPK in $LPKFiles; do
+  LPKName=$(echo $LPK | sed -e 's/.*\///' -e 's/.lpk//')
+  ls $LazDir/packager/globallinks/${LPKName}-*.lpl 2>/dev/null > /dev/null || echo missing lpl for $LPK
+done
+
+#end.
+