diff --git a/util/ego/share/makewlen.c b/util/ego/share/makewlen.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a26dc890
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/ego/share/makewlen.c
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+main()
+{
+	printf("#define WORDLENGTH %d\n",sizeof(int) * 8);
+}