diff --git a/src/libvterm/tbl2inc_c.pl b/src/libvterm/tbl2inc_c.pl
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+++ b/src/libvterm/tbl2inc_c.pl
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+#!/usr/bin/perl
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+
+my ( $encname ) = $ARGV[0] =~ m{/([^/.]+).tbl}
+   or die "Cannot parse encoding name out of $ARGV[0]\n";
+
+print <<"EOF";
+static const struct StaticTableEncoding encoding_$encname = {
+  {
+    NULL, /* init */
+    &decode_table /* decode */
+  },
+  {
+EOF
+
+my $row = 0;
+while( <> ) {
+   s/\s*#.*//; # strip comment
+
+   if ($_ =~ m{^\d+/\d+}) {
+     my ($up, $low) = ($_ =~ m{^(\d+)/(\d+)});
+     my $thisrow = $up * 16 + $low;
+     while ($row < $thisrow) {
+	print "    0x0, /* $row */\n";
+	++$row;
+     }
+   }
+
+   s{^(\d+)/(\d+)}{""}e;                     # Remove 3/1
+   s{ = }{""}e;                            # Remove " = "
+   s{"(.)"}{sprintf "0x%04x", ord $1}e;      # Convert "A" to 0x41
+   s{U\+}{0x};                               # Convert U+0041 to 0x0041
+
+   s{$}{, /* $row */}; # append comma and index
+
+   print "    $_";
+
+   ++$row;
+}
+
+while ($row < 128) {
+   print "    0x0, /* $row */\n";
+   ++$row;
+}
+
+print <<"EOF";
+  }
+};
+EOF