diff --git a/scripts/install_binaries.sh b/scripts/install_binaries.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..f5ce7943
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/install_binaries.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# this script will reinstall all packages fed to it from a file with one package per line
+#
+# tr '\ ' ' ' < input_file > output_file
+#
+#
+for i in $( < output_file ) ; do
+    if ! (pacman -Q | grep "${i}" > /dev/null)
+    then
+        sudo pacman -S "${i}" --noconfirm
+    fi
+done