diff --git a/MANIFEST b/MANIFEST
index 7cce2609ea..e746b69cce 100644
--- a/MANIFEST
+++ b/MANIFEST
@@ -378,6 +378,7 @@
 ./perform/Makefile.in
 ./perform/benchpar.c
 ./perform/build_h5perf_alone.sh
+./perform/build_h5perf_serial_alone.sh
 ./perform/chunk.c
 ./perform/gen_report.pl
 ./perform/iopipe.c
diff --git a/perform/build_h5perf_serial_alone.sh b/perform/build_h5perf_serial_alone.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..2566609f22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/perform/build_h5perf_serial_alone.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#! /bin/sh -x
+#
+# Copyright by The HDF Group.
+# Copyright by the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois.
+# All rights reserved.
+#
+# This file is part of HDF5.  The full HDF5 copyright notice, including
+# terms governing use, modification, and redistribution, is contained in
+# the files COPYING and Copyright.html.  COPYING can be found at the root
+# of the source code distribution tree; Copyright.html can be found at the
+# root level of an installed copy of the electronic HDF5 document set and
+# is linked from the top-level documents page.  It can also be found at
+# http://hdfgroup.org/HDF5/doc/Copyright.html.  If you do not have
+# access to either file, you may request a copy from help@hdfgroup.org.
+#
+# Name: build_h5perf_serial_alone.sh
+#
+# Puporse: Build the h5perf_serial tool by standalone mode.
+#
+# Created: Christian Chilan, 2008/09/02 
+#
+# Modification:
+#
+
+# Default to use h5cc to build h5perf_serial unless $H5CC is defined.
+# 
+h5cc=${H5CC:-h5cc}
+$h5cc -DSTANDALONE sio_perf.c sio_engine.c sio_timer.c -o h5perf_serial