diff --git a/src/Mod/Material/CMakeLists.txt b/src/Mod/Material/CMakeLists.txt
index bf325f2803..1d8f096c55 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Material/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/Mod/Material/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@ SET(Material_SRCS
 )
 SOURCE_GROUP("Module" FILES ${Material_SRCS})
 
+SET (MaterialTools_Files
+    materialtools/__init__.py
+    materialtools/cardutils.py
+)
+
 # collect all the material cards:
 #FILE( GLOB MaterialLib_Files ./StandardMaterial/*.FCMat ./StandardMaterial/*.txt  )
 
@@ -53,6 +58,19 @@ fc_target_copy_resource(Material
     ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/Mod/Material
     ${Material_SRCS})
 
+
+ADD_CUSTOM_TARGET(MaterialToolsLib ALL
+    SOURCES ${MaterialTools_Files}
+)
+
+fc_target_copy_resource(MaterialToolsLib 
+    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
+    ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/Mod/Material
+    ${MaterialTools_Files})
+
+INSTALL(FILES ${MaterialTools_Files} DESTINATION Mod/Material/materialtools)
+
+
 IF (BUILD_GUI)
     fc_target_copy_resource(Material
         ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}
diff --git a/src/Mod/Material/materialtools/__init__.py b/src/Mod/Material/materialtools/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/src/Mod/Material/materialtools/cardutils.py b/src/Mod/Material/materialtools/cardutils.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c4be16f95f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Mod/Material/materialtools/cardutils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# ***************************************************************************
+# *   Copyright (c) 2019 Bernd Hahnebach <bernd@bimstatik.org>              *
+# *                                                                         *
+# *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify  *
+# *   it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL)    *
+# *   as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of     *
+# *   the License, or (at your option) any later version.                   *
+# *   for detail see the LICENCE text file.                                 *
+# *                                                                         *
+# *   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,       *
+# *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of        *
+# *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the         *
+# *   GNU Library General Public License for more details.                  *
+# *                                                                         *
+# *   You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public     *
+# *   License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software   *
+# *   Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  *
+# *   USA                                                                   *
+# *                                                                         *
+# ***************************************************************************
+
+__title__ = "material cards utilities"
+__author__ = "Bernd Hahnebach"
+__url__ = "http://www.freecadweb.org"
+