diff --git a/scripts/create-recipe.py b/scripts/create-recipe.py
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 473d7e0..22ef214
--- a/scripts/create-recipe.py
+++ b/scripts/create-recipe.py
@@ -1,45 +1,71 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2013 Lukas Bulwahn, BMW Car IT GmbH
-#
-# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy 
-# of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to
-# deal  in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the 
-# rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or 
-# sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is 
-# furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
-#
-# The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in 
-# all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
-#
-# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR 
-# IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, 
-# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE 
-# AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER 
-# LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
-# FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS 
-# IN THE SOFTWARE.
-#
+# Copyright (c) 2013 Stefan Herbrechtsmeier, Bielefeld University
+# 
 
-info = {'description' : '',
-  'license' : '', 'lic_file_beginline' : '', 'lic_file_endline' : '', 'lic_file_md5' : '',
-  'url' : '', 'downloadfilename' : '', 'md5sum' : '', 'sha256sum' : '', 'directoryname' : ''}
+import sys
+import os
+import xml.etree.ElementTree as ElementTree
+import hashlib
 
-print '''DESCRIPTION = "%(description)s"
-SECTION = "devel"
-LICENSE = "%(license)s"
-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://package.xml;beginline=%(lic_file_beginline)s;endline=%(lic_file_endline)s;md5=%(lic_file_md5)s"
+filename = 'package.xml'
 
-SRC_URI = "%(url)s;downloadfilename=%(downloadfilename)s"
-SRC_URI[md5sum] = "%(md5sum)s"
-SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "%(sha256sum)s"
+if len(sys.argv) > 1:
+    filename = sys.argv[1]
 
-S = "${WORKDIR}/%(directoryname)s"
+if not os.path.isfile(filename):
+    exit(-1)
 
-DEPENDS = "catkin-native"
+tree  = ElementTree.parse(filename)
+root = tree.getroot()
 
-inherit cmake pythonnative
+name = tree.findtext('name', '')
+version = tree.findtext('version', '')
+description = tree.findtext('description', '').strip()
+license = tree.findtext('license', '')
+homepage = tree.findtext('url', '')
 
-''' % info
+f = file(filename)
+license_line = ''
+license_md5 = ''
+i = 0
+for line in f:
+    i += 1
+    if 'license' in line:
+        license_line = str(i)
+        md5 = hashlib.md5()
+        md5.update(line)
+        license_md5 = md5.hexdigest()
+        break
 
 
+buildtools = []
+for e in root.findall('buildtool_depend'):
+    buildtools.append(e.text)
+
+depends = []
+for e in root.findall('build_depend'):
+    depends.append(e.text.replace('_', '-'))
+
+print(name + '_' + version + ".bb")
+print('')
+print('DESCRIPTION = "' + description + '"')
+if homepage:
+  print('HOMEPAGE = "' + homepage + '"')
+print('SECTION = "devel"')
+print('LICENSE = "' + license + '"')
+print('LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://package.xml;beginline=' + license_line +
+      ';endline=' + license_line + ';md5=' + license_md5 + '"')
+if depends:
+    print('')
+    print('DEPENDS = "' + ' '.join(depends) + '"')
+print('')
+print('SRC_URI = ";downloadfilename=${P}.tar.gz"')
+print('SRC_URI[md5sum] = ""')
+print('SRC_URI[sha256sum] = ""')
+print('')
+print('S = "${WORKDIR}/-${PV}"')
+print('')
+if buildtools:
+    print('inherit ' + ' '.join(buildtools))
+