diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index 502a63d50..0cb13ab6f 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-bin_PROGRAMS = openocd
+bin_PROGRAMS = openocd bin2char
+
+bin2char_SOURCES = bin2char.c
 
 if ECOSBOARD
 MAINFILE = ecosboard.c
@@ -6,7 +8,7 @@ else
 MAINFILE = main.c jim.c
 endif
 
-openocd_SOURCES = $(MAINFILE) openocd.c
+openocd_SOURCES = $(MAINFILE) openocd.c startup_tcl.c
 
 # set the include path found by configure
 INCLUDES = -I$(top_srcdir)/src -I$(top_srcdir)/src/helper \
@@ -70,7 +72,7 @@ FTD2XXLIB =
 endif
 endif
 
-openocd_LDADD = $(top_builddir)/src/startup.o $(top_builddir)/src/xsvf/libxsvf.a \
+openocd_LDADD = $(top_builddir)/src/xsvf/libxsvf.a \
 	$(top_builddir)/src/target/libtarget.a $(top_builddir)/src/jtag/libjtag.a \
 	$(top_builddir)/src/helper/libhelper.a \
 	$(top_builddir)/src/server/libserver.a $(top_builddir)/src/helper/libhelper.a \
@@ -94,9 +96,6 @@ nobase_dist_pkglib_DATA = \
 	tcl/mmr_helpers.tcl  \
 	tcl/readable.tcl  
 
-# Convert .tcl to object
-
-$(top_builddir)/src/startup.o: $(top_srcdir)/src/startup.tcl
-	abs_builddir=`cd $(top_builddir) && pwd` && \
-	cd $(top_srcdir)/src &&  \
-	${OBJCOPY} -I binary -O ${OBJCOPY_FORMAT} -B ${OBJCOPY_ARCH} startup.tcl $$abs_builddir/src/startup.o
+# Convert .tcl to cfile
+startup_tcl.c: bin2char startup.tcl
+	./bin2char startup_tcl < $(srcdir)/startup.tcl > startup_tcl.c
diff --git a/src/bin2char.c b/src/bin2char.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..de00aebac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/bin2char.c
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+int
+main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+	int c;
+	unsigned int n;
+	char *name;
+
+	if (argc == 1) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "bin2char <varname>\n");
+		fprintf(stderr, "read from standard input and write a char"
+		    " array out to standard output\n");
+		exit(1);
+	}
+
+	n = 0;
+	name = argv[1];
+	fprintf(stdout, "/* autogenerated from %s */\n", argv[0]);
+	fprintf(stdout, "unsigned const char %s[] = {\n", name);
+	while ((c = getc(stdin)) != EOF) {
+		fprintf(stdout, "0x%02x,", c & 0xff);
+		if ((++n % 16) == 0)
+			fprintf(stdout, "\n");
+	}
+	fprintf(stdout, "0 /* terminate with a nil */};\n");
+	fprintf(stdout, "unsigned int %s_len = %u;\n", name, n);
+	return 0;
+}
diff --git a/src/openocd.c b/src/openocd.c
index 6c1f57031..813c021cb 100644
--- a/src/openocd.c
+++ b/src/openocd.c
@@ -714,8 +714,8 @@ void add_jim(const char *name, int (*cmd)(Jim_Interp *interp, int argc, Jim_Obj
 	Jim_ListAppendElement(interp, helptext, cmd_entry);
 }
 
-extern char binary_startup_tcl_start;
-extern char binary_startup_tcl_size;
+extern unsigned const char startup_tcl[];
+extern unsigned int startup_tcl_len;
 
 void initJim(void)
 {
@@ -741,10 +741,10 @@ void initJim(void)
 	
 	add_default_dirs();
 	
-	script_len = (int)&binary_startup_tcl_size;
+	script_len = startup_tcl_len;
 	script = malloc(script_len + sizeof(char));
-	memcpy(script, &binary_startup_tcl_start, script_len);
-	
+	memcpy(script, startup_tcl, script_len);
+
 	/* null terminate */
 	script[script_len] = 0;