diff --git a/openldap2-client.spec b/openldap2-client.spec
index aa8b893..faf49d8 100644
--- a/openldap2-client.spec
+++ b/openldap2-client.spec
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ Source2:        addonschema.tar.gz
 Source3:        DB_CONFIG
 Source4:        sasl-slapd.conf
 Source5:        README.update
-Source6:        schema2ldif.pl
+Source6:        schema2ldif
 Source100:      openldap-2.3.37.tar.bz2
 Patch:          openldap2.dif
 Patch2:         slapd_conf.dif
diff --git a/openldap2.spec b/openldap2.spec
index 67396a5..41fb40a 100644
--- a/openldap2.spec
+++ b/openldap2.spec
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ Source2:        addonschema.tar.gz
 Source3:        DB_CONFIG
 Source4:        sasl-slapd.conf
 Source5:        README.update
-Source6:        schema2ldif.pl
+Source6:        schema2ldif
 Source100:      openldap-2.3.37.tar.bz2
 Patch:          openldap2.dif
 Patch2:         slapd_conf.dif
diff --git a/schema2ldif b/schema2ldif
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4ba0afd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/schema2ldif
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# This is a simple tool to convert OpenLDAP Schema files to
+# LDIF suitable for usage with OpenLDAP's dynamic configuration
+# backend (cn=config)
+#
+# usage:
+# schema2ldif <input file>
+#
+# The generated LDIF is printed to stdout.
+#
+
+if [ -z "$1" ]; then
+    echo 'usage: schema2ldif <input file>'
+    exit;
+fi
+
+cn=`basename $1 .schema`
+
+echo "dn: cn=$cn,cn=schema,cn=config";
+echo "objectclass: olcSchemaConfig";
+echo "cn: $cn";
+
+/usr/bin/awk '
+BEGIN { 
+    buffer = "";
+    width=78 ;
+}
+function wrap(data)
+{
+    if (length(data) > 0) {
+        do {
+            print substr(data,0,width);
+            data = " " substr(data, width+1);
+        }
+        while (length(data) > 1  )
+    };
+}
+/^[\t ]*$/ {wrap(buffer); buffer=""; print "#"; next; }
+/^#.*$/ { wrap(buffer); buffer=""; print $0; next }
+/^[\t ]+/ { gsub("^[\t ]+",""); buffer = buffer " " $0; next; }
+{
+        wrap(buffer);
+	$1 = tolower($1) ;
+	gsub("^objectclass$","olcObjectclasses:",$1)
+	gsub("^attributetype$","olcAttributeTypes:",$1)
+	gsub("^objectidentifier$","olcObjectIdentifier:",$1)
+        buffer = $0;
+}
+END { wrap(buffer); print "" }
+' "$@"
+
diff --git a/schema2ldif.pl b/schema2ldif.pl
deleted file mode 100644
index c1c2126..0000000
--- a/schema2ldif.pl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,74 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/perl -w
-#
-# This is a simple tool to convert OpenLDAP Schema files to
-# LDIF suitable for usage with OpenLDAP's dynamic configuration
-# backend (cn=config)
-#
-# usage:
-# schema2ldif.pl <input file>
-#
-# The generated LDIF is printed to stdout.
-#
-
-use strict;
-use File::Basename;
-use Text::Wrap;
-
-my $infile = $ARGV[0] || print_usage();
-
-sub print_usage
-{
-    print STDERR "usage: schema2ldif.pl <input file>\n";
-    exit(1);
-}
-
-open( SCHEMA, "< $infile");
-
-my $schemaline = "";
-$Text::Wrap::columns=78;
-$Text::Wrap::separator="\n ";
-
-my $cn = basename($infile, ".schema");
-print STDOUT "dn: cn=$cn,cn=schema,cn=config\n";
-print STDOUT "objectClass: olcSchemaConfig\n"; 
-print STDOUT "cn: $cn\n"; 
-while ( <SCHEMA> )
-{
-    my $line = $_;
-    if ( $line =~ /^\s+(.+)$/ )
-    {
-        $schemaline .= " $1";
-        next;
-    }
-    elsif ( $schemaline ne "" )
-    {
-        print STDOUT wrap(""," ", $schemaline);
-        print STDOUT "\n";
-        $schemaline = "";
-    }
-    if ( $line =~ /^#/ ) 
-    {
-        print STDOUT $line;
-    }
-    elsif ( $line =~ /^\s*$/ )
-    {
-        print STDOUT "#\n";
-    }
-    elsif ( $line =~ /^(objectclass|attributetype|objectidentifier)\s+(.+)$/i )
-    {
-        if ( lc($1) eq "objectidentifier" )
-        {
-            $schemaline .= "olcObjectIdentifier: ";
-        }
-        elsif ( lc($1) eq "objectclass" )
-        {
-            $schemaline .= "olcObjectClasses: ";
-        }
-        elsif ( lc($1) eq "attributetype" )
-        {
-            $schemaline .= "olcAttributeTypes: ";
-        }
-        $schemaline .= $2;
-    }
-}
-