diff --git a/README b/README
index 6a2e766..13453c6 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -7,4 +7,5 @@ Configuration files:
 
 Scripts:
 
+- cacrllink.sh   - Script to link CA certificates and CRLs to hashed names
 - createca.sh    - Script for creating a CA
diff --git a/cacrllink.sh b/cacrllink.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2816edb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cacrllink.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# script for creating links to certificates and CRLs in the current directory
+
+for cert in *.crt.pem
+do
+    ln -s "${cert}" `openssl x509 -in "${cert}" -noout -hash`.0
+done
+
+for crl in *.crl.pem
+do
+    ln -s "${crl}" `openssl crl -in "${crl}" -noout -hash`.r0
+done