diff --git a/libraries/liblutil/Makefile.in b/libraries/liblutil/Makefile.in
index 374d893e07..13bac927a1 100644
--- a/libraries/liblutil/Makefile.in
+++ b/libraries/liblutil/Makefile.in
@@ -13,11 +13,11 @@ NT_OBJS = ntservice.o slapdmsg.res
 UNIX_SRCS = detach.c
 UNIX_OBJS = detach.o
 
-SRCS	= base64.c debug.c entropy.c sasl.c signal.c hash.c \
+SRCS	= base64.c csn.c debug.c entropy.c sasl.c signal.c hash.c \
 	md5.c passwd.c sha1.c getpass.c lockf.c utils.c uuid.c sockpair.c \
 	@LIBSRCS@ $(@PLAT@_SRCS)
 
-OBJS	= base64.o debug.o entropy.o sasl.o signal.o hash.o \
+OBJS	= base64.o csn.o debug.o entropy.o sasl.o signal.o hash.o \
 	md5.o passwd.o sha1.o getpass.o lockf.o utils.o uuid.o sockpair.o \
 	@LIBOBJS@ $(@PLAT@_OBJS)
 
diff --git a/libraries/liblutil/csn.c b/libraries/liblutil/csn.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..104ad5cd4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libraries/liblutil/csn.c
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 1998-2000 The OpenLDAP Foundation, All Rights Reserved.
+ * COPYING RESTRICTIONS APPLY, see COPYRIGHT file
+ */
+/* Portions
+ * Copyright 2000, John E. Schimmel, All rights reserved.
+ * This software is not subject to any license of Mirapoint, Inc.
+ *
+ * This is free software; you can redistribute and use it
+ * under the same terms as OpenLDAP itself.
+ */
+/* Adapted for incorporatation into OpenLDAP by Kurt Zeilenga */
+
+/*
+ * This file contains routines to generate a change sequence number.  Every
+ * add delete, and modification is given a unique identifier for use in
+ * resolving conflicts during replication operations.
+ *
+ * These routines are based upon draft-ietf-ldup-model-03.txt, and will
+ * need to be revisited once standardized.
+ *
+ * The format of a CSN string is: yyyymmddhh:mm:ssz#0xSSSS#d#0xssss
+ * where SSSS is a counter of operations within a timeslice, d is an
+ * offset into a list of replica records, and ssss is a counter of
+ * modifications within this operation.
+ *
+ * Calls to this routine MUST be serialized with other calls
+ * to gmtime().
+ */
+#include "portable.h"
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <ac/time.h>
+
+int
+lutil_csnstr(char *buf, size_t len, unsigned int replica, unsigned int mod)
+{
+	static time_t csntime;
+	static unsigned int csnop;
+
+	time_t t;
+	unsigned int op;
+	struct tm *ltm;
+	int n;
+
+	time( &t );
+	if ( t > csntime ) {
+		csntime = t;
+		csnop = 0;
+	}
+	op = ++csnop;
+
+	ltm = gmtime( &t );
+	n = snprintf( buf, len, "%4d%02d%02d%02d:%02d:%02dZ#0x%04x#%d#%04x",
+	    ltm->tm_year + 1900, ltm->tm_mon, ltm->tm_mday, ltm->tm_hour,
+	    ltm->tm_min, ltm->tm_sec, op, replica, mod );
+
+	return ( n < len ) ? 1 : 0;
+}
+
+#ifdef TEST
+int
+main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+	char buf[256];
+
+	if ( ! lutil_csnstr( buf, (size_t) 10, 0, 0 ) ) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "failed lutil_csnstr\n");
+	}
+	if ( ! lutil_csnstr( buf, sizeof(buf), 0, 0 ) ) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "failed lutil_csnstr\n");
+	}
+}
+#endif
diff --git a/libraries/liblutil/uuid.c b/libraries/liblutil/uuid.c
index e6ad5d468e..9800cc9cad 100644
--- a/libraries/liblutil/uuid.c
+++ b/libraries/liblutil/uuid.c
@@ -12,11 +12,11 @@
 /* Adapted for incorporatation into OpenLDAP by Kurt Zeilenga */
 
 /*
-** Sorry this file is so scary, but it needs to run on a wide range of
-** platforms.  The only exported routine is lutil_uuidstr() which is all
-** that LDAP cares about.  It generates a new uuid and returns it in
-** in string form.
-*/
+ * Sorry this file is so scary, but it needs to run on a wide range of
+ * platforms.  The only exported routine is lutil_uuidstr() which is all
+ * that LDAP cares about.  It generates a new uuid and returns it in
+ * in string form.
+ */
 #include "portable.h"
 
 #include <stdio.h>