diff --git a/tools/unix/compress_section_files.sh b/tools/unix/compress_section_files.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..2acee7b3cd
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+++ b/tools/unix/compress_section_files.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+for file in data/*.mwm.*
+do
+	bzip2 -9 -k -v $file
+done