diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 7441226..d99bf71 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ PROGRAMS_PERL=beefind.pl
 HELPER_BEE_SHELL=bee-init bee-check bee-remove bee-install bee-list bee-query bee-download bee-update
 HELPER_BEE_C=bee-dep
 
-HELPER_SHELL=compat-filesfile2contentfile filelist2content
+HELPER_SHELL=compat-filesfile2contentfile filelist2content content2filelist
 
 LIBRARY_SHELL=beelib.config.sh
 
diff --git a/src/content2filelist.sh.in b/src/content2filelist.sh.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9c08c4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/content2filelist.sh.in
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# content2filelist - extract files from content file
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2009-2012
+#       Tobias Dreyer <dreyer@molgen.mpg.de>
+#       Marius Tolzmann <tolzmann@molgen.mpg.de>
+#       and other bee developers
+#
+# This file is part of bee.
+#
+# bee is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+: ${BEESEP=@BINDIR@/beesep}
+
+while read line ; do
+    unset type
+    data=$(${BEESEP} ${line})
+
+    if [ "$?" -gt 0 ] ; then
+        echo >&2 "**ERROR** INVALID CONTENT: ${line}"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+
+    eval ${data}
+
+    if [ "$?" -gt 0 -o -z "${type}" ] ; then
+        echo >&2 "**ERROR** UNPARSABLE CONTENT: ${line}"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+
+    echo ${file%//*}
+done < <(cat ${@})