diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 806a086b192..70f8a531551 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -3441,6 +3441,7 @@ Scripts/developer_scripts/mirror_package_files.rb -text
 Scripts/developer_scripts/mirror_package_impl.rb -text
 Scripts/developer_scripts/remove_package_files_from_build_tree.rb -text
 Scripts/developer_scripts/remove_package_files_from_build_tree_impl.rb -text
+Scripts/developer_scripts/test_testsuite_submission -text
 Scripts/scripts/cgal_create_cmake_script -text
 SearchStructures/doc_tex/SearchStructures/d-range.eps -text svneol=unset#application/postscript
 SearchStructures/doc_tex/SearchStructures/d-range.gif -text svneol=unset#image/gif
diff --git a/Scripts/developer_scripts/test_testsuite_submission b/Scripts/developer_scripts/test_testsuite_submission
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b348d35fc62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Scripts/developer_scripts/test_testsuite_submission
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+touch /tmp/CGAL-test-`whoami`
+SSH_AUTH_SOCK="" scp /tmp/CGAL-test-`whoami` cgaltest@cgal.geometryfactory.com:incoming
+rm -f /tmp/CGAL-test-`whoami`