diff --git a/tools/Makefile.in b/tools/Makefile.in
index f942c7763..252130e5b 100644
--- a/tools/Makefile.in
+++ b/tools/Makefile.in
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ libexecdir	= @libexecdir@
 confdir		= @confdir@
 localstatedir	= @localstatedir@
 
-PROGS		= viconf mkpasswd convertilines convertklines 
+PROGS		= viconf mkpasswd convertilines convertklines genssl.sh
 
 all: $(PROGS)
 
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ convertilines: convertilines.c
 convertklines: convertklines.c
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) $(INCLUDES) convertklines.c -o convertklines $(IRCDLIBS)
 
+genssl.sh:
+
 clean:
 	$(RM) -f encspeed viconf chkconf mkpasswd *~ core *.exe convertklines convertilines
 
diff --git a/tools/genssl.sh b/tools/genssl.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 652d252a6..a55ae97ae
--- a/tools/genssl.sh
+++ b/tools/genssl.sh
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 echo "Generating certificate request .. "
-openssl req -new -nodes -out req.pem
+openssl req -new -nodes -out ../etc/req.pem
+
 echo "Generating self-signed certificate .. "
-openssl req -x509 -days 365 -in req.pem -key privkey.pem -out cert.pem
+openssl req -x509 -days 365 -in ../etc/req.pem -key ../etc/rsa.key -out ../etc/cert.pem
+
 echo "Generating Diffie-Hellman file for secure SSL/TLS negotiation .. "
-openssl dhparam -out dh.pem 2048
-mv privkey.pem rsa.key
+openssl dhparam -out ../etc/dh.pem 1024
 
 echo " 
-Now copy rsa.key, cert.pem and dh.pem into your IRCd's etc/ folder,
-then change these lines in the ircd.conf file:
+Now change these lines in the IRCd config file:
 
     ssl_private_key = "etc/rsa.key";
     ssl_cert = "etc/cert.pem";