diff --git a/Documentation/pkglist_filter.py b/Documentation/pkglist_filter.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python2
+
+import codecs
+import re
+import os
+import sys
+
+def main(argv):
+    sys.stdout = codecs.getwriter('utf-8')(sys.stdout)
+    pattern = re.compile(r"\\package_listing{([^}]*)}")
+    f = codecs.open(argv[1], 'r', encoding='utf-8')
+    for line in f.readlines():
+        match = pattern.match(line)
+        if(match):
+            pkg = match.group(1)
+            index = pkg.find("/")
+            if(index > 0):
+                top_level = pkg[:index]
+                lower_level = pkg[index+1:]
+                filename="../" + top_level + "/doc/" + lower_level + "/PackageDescription.txt"
+            else:
+                filename="../" + pkg + "/doc/" + pkg + "/PackageDescription.txt"
+            pkgdesc = codecs.open(filename, 'r', encoding='utf-8')
+            do_print=False
+            for l in pkgdesc.readlines():
+                do_print = do_print or re.match(".*PkgDescriptionBegin.*", l)
+                if(do_print):
+                    sys.stdout.write(l)
+                do_print = do_print and (not re.match(".*PkgDescriptionEnd.*", l))
+        else:
+            sys.stdout.write(line)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main(sys.argv)