diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index fac6f00b4abe16210c0f19f1204a66ca12c9d5e6..275101069e2ff848884a2d60cb36f35308f00350 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 /README -text
 /README.p1 -text
 /SConscript -text
+/SConstruct -text
 appfw/Makefile.in -text
 appfw/TODO -text
 appfw/configure -text
diff --git a/SConstruct b/SConstruct
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c0dd68a00d406b0148a93709cf916ad6d05f282c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SConstruct
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+
+
+
+env=Environment()
+Export('env')
+SConscript("SConscript")