diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index cda119b..b9741b8 100755
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -397,6 +397,13 @@
 		</exec>
 	</target>
 
+	<!-- Creates the Planet CRC file -->
+	<target name="build_planet_crc" description="creates the planet crc file" depends="compile_tab">
+		<exec executable="utils/build_planet_crc_string_tables.py" dir="${basedir}">
+			<env key="PATH" value="${env.PATH}:${tools_home}"/>
+		</exec>
+	</target>
+
 	<!-- Creates SQL (insert statements) to get all the CRC Templates into the database -->
 	<target name="process_templates" description="generates sql from generated crc files" depends="build_object_template_crc,build_quest_crc">
 		<exec executable="perl" dir="${basedir}/src/game/server/database/templates" input="${object_crc_file}" output="${templates_sql_file}">
diff --git a/utils/build_planet_crc_string_tables.py b/utils/build_planet_crc_string_tables.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..50c8f8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/build_planet_crc_string_tables.py
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+from os import path, makedirs
+from subprocess import PIPE, Popen
+
+inputfile = './dsrc/sku.0/sys.shared/compiled/game/misc/planet_crc_string_table.txt'
+ifffile = './data/sku.0/sys.shared/compiled/game/misc/planet_crc_string_table.iff'
+
+if not path.exists(path.dirname(ifffile)):
+	makedirs(path.dirname(ifffile))
+
+crc_call = ['./tools/buildCrcStringTable.pl', ifffile, inputfile]
+
+p = Popen(crc_call, stdin=PIPE, stdout=PIPE)
+
+p.communicate()