diff --git a/ext/download_tools.sh b/ext/download_tools.sh
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/ext/download_tools.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+if [[ $EUID -ne 0 ]]; then
+   echo "This script must be run as root" 
+   exit 1
+fi
+
+packages="install qemu qemu-system nasm"
+
+distro=`lsb_release -a 2> /dev/null | head -1 | cut -f 2 -d':' | tr -d "\t"`
+if [ "$disto" == "Debian" -o "$disto" == "Ubuntu" ]
+then
+	apt-get $packages
+else
+	yum install $packages
+fi
+