diff --git a/SConstruct b/SConstruct
index f9384c6090d..4d356dabf8c 100644
--- a/SConstruct
+++ b/SConstruct
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ SConscript('src/SConstruct', exports='env')
 Help("""\
 Available build targets include:
 
-    all wesnoth wesnoth_editor wesnothd campaignd exploder
+    all wesnoth wesnoth_editor wesnothd campaignd exploder cutter
 
 The 'install' target installs whatever you currently have built.
 If you have built tools and Python is available the Python helper modules
diff --git a/src/SConstruct b/src/SConstruct
index e0a3fbe3277..244f23ccc35 100644
--- a/src/SConstruct
+++ b/src/SConstruct
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Import('env')
 
 all = env.Alias("all", ["wesnoth", "wesnoth_editor", "wesnothd", "campaignd",
-                        "exploder"])
+                        "cutter", "exploder"])
 env.Default("all")
 
 #
@@ -219,6 +219,17 @@ env.Program("wesnothd", wesnothd_sources,
             LIBS =  ['wesnoth_core', 'wesnothd'] + commonlibs,
             LIBPATH = [".", "/lib", "/usr/lib"])
 
+cutter_sources = [
+    "tools/cutter.cpp",
+    "tools/exploder_utils.cpp",
+    "tools/exploder_cutter.cpp",
+    "tools/dummy_video.cpp",
+    ]
+env.Program("cutter", cutter_sources,
+            CPPPATH = ['.', "/usr/include/SDL"],
+            LIBS =  ['wesnoth_core', 'wesnoth_sdl', 'wesnothd'] + commonlibs,
+            LIBPATH = [".", "/lib", "/usr/lib"])
+
 exploder_sources = [
 	"tools/exploder.cpp",
 	"tools/exploder_utils.cpp",