diff --git a/Shorewall-core/lib.cli b/Shorewall-core/lib.cli
index 3cdd3036b..759b8eaa1 100644
--- a/Shorewall-core/lib.cli
+++ b/Shorewall-core/lib.cli
@@ -3530,6 +3530,7 @@ shorewall_cli() {
     g_doing="Compiling"
     g_directives=
     g_inline=
+    g_tcrules=
 
     VERBOSE=
     VERBOSITY=1
diff --git a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Compiler.pm b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Compiler.pm
index d3a98c7da..5163f63b4 100644
--- a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Compiler.pm
+++ b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Compiler.pm
@@ -584,8 +584,8 @@ EOF
 #
 sub compiler {
 
-    my ( $scriptfilename, $directory, $verbosity, $timestamp , $debug, $chains , $log , $log_verbosity, $preview, $confess , $update , $annotate , $convert, $config_path, $shorewallrc                      , $shorewallrc1 , $directives, $inline ) =
-       ( '',              '',         -1,          '',          0,      '',       '',   -1,             0,        0,         0,        0,        , 0       , ''          , '/usr/share/shorewall/shorewallrc', ''            , 0 ,          0 );
+    my ( $scriptfilename, $directory, $verbosity, $timestamp , $debug, $chains , $log , $log_verbosity, $preview, $confess , $update , $annotate , $convert, $config_path, $shorewallrc                      , $shorewallrc1 , $directives, $inline, $tcrules ) =
+       ( '',              '',         -1,          '',          0,      '',       '',   -1,             0,        0,         0,        0,        , 0       , ''          , '/usr/share/shorewall/shorewallrc', ''            , 0 ,          0 ,      0 );
 
     $export         = 0;
     $test           = 0;
@@ -625,6 +625,7 @@ sub compiler {
 		  annotate      => { store => \$annotate,      validate=> \&validate_boolean    } ,
 		  inline        => { store => \$inline,        validate=> \&validate_boolean    } ,
 		  directives    => { store => \$directives,    validate=> \&validate_boolean    } ,
+		  tcrules       => { store => \$tcrules,       validate=> \&validate_boolean    } ,
 		  config_path   => { store => \$config_path } ,
 		  shorewallrc   => { store => \$shorewallrc } ,
 		  shorewallrc1  => { store => \$shorewallrc1 } ,
@@ -794,7 +795,7 @@ sub compiler {
     #
     # TCRules and Traffic Shaping
     #
-    setup_tc;
+    setup_tc( $tcrules );
 
     if ( $scriptfilename || $debug ) {
 	pop_indent;
diff --git a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Config.pm b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Config.pm
index 60667e0ac..c3ccbfe88 100644
--- a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Config.pm
+++ b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Config.pm
@@ -4817,7 +4817,9 @@ EOF
 		progress_message3 "No update required to configuration file $configfile";
 	    }
 
-	    exit 0 unless $directives || -f find_file 'blacklist';
+	    exit 0 unless ( $directives ||
+			    -f find_file 'blacklist' ||
+			    -f find_file 'tcrules' );
 	}
     } else {
 	fatal_error "$fn does not exist";
diff --git a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Tc.pm b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Tc.pm
index b4da4d87c..c313cb36d 100644
--- a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Tc.pm
+++ b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Tc.pm
@@ -135,6 +135,10 @@ our %restrictions = ( tcpre      => PREROUTE_RESTRICT ,
 
 our $family;
 
+our $tcrules;
+
+our $mangle;
+
 our $divertref; # DIVERT chain
 
 our %validstates = ( NEW                => 0,
@@ -934,24 +938,36 @@ sub process_tc_rule1( $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ ) {
 	}
     }
 	
+    if ( $tcrules ) {
+	$command = ( $command ? "$command($mark)" : $mark ) . $designator;
+	my $line = ( $family == F_IPV6 ?
+		     "$command\t$source\t$dest\t$proto\t$ports\t$sports\t$user\t$testval\t$length\t$tos\t$connbytes\t$helper\t$headers\t$probability\t$dscp\t$state" :
+		     "$command\t$source\t$dest\t$proto\t$ports\t$sports\t$user\t$testval\t$length\t$tos\t$connbytes\t$helper\t$probability\t$dscp\t$state" );
+	#
+	# Supress superfluous trailinc dashes
+	#
+	$line =~ s/(?:\t-)+$//;
 
-    process_mangle_rule1( 'TC', 
-			  ( $command ? "$command($mark)" : $mark ) . $designator ,
-			  $source,
-			  $dest,
-			  $proto,
-			  $ports,
-			  $sports,
-			  $user,
-			  $testval,
-			  $length,
-			  $tos,
-			  $connbytes,
-			  $helper,
-			  $headers,
-			  $probability,
-			  $dscp,
-			  $state );
+	print $mangle "$line\n";
+    } else {
+	process_mangle_rule1( 'TC',
+			      ( $command ? "$command($mark)" : $mark ) . $designator ,
+			      $source,
+			      $dest,
+			      $proto,
+			      $ports,
+			      $sports,
+			      $user,
+			      $testval,
+			      $length,
+			      $tos,
+			      $connbytes,
+			      $helper,
+			      $headers,
+			      $probability,
+			      $dscp,
+			      $state );
+    }
 }
 
 sub process_tc_rule( ) {
@@ -3072,7 +3088,8 @@ sub process_secmark_rule() {
 #
 # Process the tcrules file and setup traffic shaping
 #
-sub setup_tc() {
+sub setup_tc( $ ) {
+    $tcrules = $_[0];
 
     if ( $config{MANGLE_ENABLED} ) {
 	ensure_mangle_chain 'tcpre';
@@ -3126,14 +3143,33 @@ sub setup_tc() {
 	my $fn;
 
 	if ( $fn = open_file( 'tcrules' , 2, 1 ) ) {
+	    my $fn1;
+
+	    if ( $tcrules ) {
+		#
+		# We are going to convert this tcrules file to the equivalent mangle file
+		#
+		open( $mangle , '>>', $fn1 = find_file('mangle') ) || fatal_error "Unable to open $fn1:$!";
+	    }
 
 	    first_entry "$doing $fn...";
 
 	    process_tc_rule, $have_tcrules++ while read_a_line( NORMAL_READ );
 
 	    if ( $have_tcrules ) {
-		warning_message "Non-empty tcrules file ($fn); please move its contents to the mangle file";
+		if ( $mangle ) {
+		    progress_message2 "Converted $fn to $fn1";
+		    if ( rename $fn, "$fn.bak" ) {
+			progress_message2 "$fn renamed $fn.bak";
+		    } else {
+			fatal_error "Cannot Rename $fn to $fn.bak: $!";
+		    }
+		} else {
+		    warning_message "Non-empty tcrules file ($fn); consider running '$product update -t'";
+		}
 	    }
+
+	    close $mangle if $tcrules;
 	}
 
 	if ( my $fn = open_file( 'mangle', 1, 1 ) ) {
diff --git a/Shorewall/Perl/compiler.pl b/Shorewall/Perl/compiler.pl
index a657fd953..94dd2b8d5 100755
--- a/Shorewall/Perl/compiler.pl
+++ b/Shorewall/Perl/compiler.pl
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 #         --shorewallrc1=<path>       # Path to export shorewallrc file.
 #         --config_path=<path-list>   # Search path for config files
 #         --inline                    # Update alternative column specifications
+#         --tcrules                   # Create mangle from tcrules
 #
 use strict;
 use FindBin;
@@ -75,6 +76,7 @@ usage: compiler.pl [ <option> ... ] [ <filename> ]
     [ --shorewallrc1=<pathname> ]
     [ --config_path=<path-list> ]
     [ --inline ]
+    [ --tcrules ]
 _EOF_
 
 exit shift @_;
@@ -104,6 +106,7 @@ my $config_path   = '';
 my $shorewallrc   = '';
 my $shorewallrc1  = '';
 my $inline        = 0;
+my $tcrules       = 0;
 
 Getopt::Long::Configure ('bundling');
 
@@ -137,6 +140,7 @@ my $result = GetOptions('h'               => \$help,
 			'update'          => \$update,
 			'convert'         => \$convert,
 			'inline'          => \$inline,
+			'tcrules'         => \$tcrules,
 			'config_path=s'   => \$config_path,
 			'shorewallrc=s'   => \$shorewallrc,
 			'shorewallrc1=s'  => \$shorewallrc1,
@@ -165,5 +169,6 @@ compiler( script          => $ARGV[0] || '',
 	  config_path     => $config_path,
 	  shorewallrc     => $shorewallrc,
 	  shorewallrc1    => $shorewallrc1,
-	  inline          => $inline
+	  inline          => $inline,
+	  tcrules         => $tcrules,
 	);
diff --git a/Shorewall/lib.cli-std b/Shorewall/lib.cli-std
index 9f0cbeb3d..df3456760 100644
--- a/Shorewall/lib.cli-std
+++ b/Shorewall/lib.cli-std
@@ -422,6 +422,7 @@ compiler() {
     [ -n "$g_convert" ] && options="$options --convert"
     [ -n "$g_annotate" ] && options="$options --annotate"
     [ -n "$g_directives" ] && options="$options --directives"
+    [ -n "$g_tcrules" ] && options="$options --tcrules"
     [ -n "$g_inline" ] && options="$options --inline"
 
     if [ -n "$PERL" ]; then
@@ -841,6 +842,17 @@ update_command() {
 			    g_directives=Yes
 			    option=${option#D}
 			    ;;
+			t*)
+			    g_tcrules=Yes
+			    option=${option#t}
+			    ;;
+			A*)
+			    g_inline=Yes
+			    g_convert=Yes
+			    g_directives=Yes
+			    g_tcrules=Yes
+			    option=${option#A}
+			    ;;
 			*)
 			    usage 1
 			    ;;
@@ -1686,7 +1698,7 @@ usage() # $1 = exit status
     echo "   status"
     echo "   stop"
     echo "   try <directory> [ <timeout> ]"
-    echo "   update [ -a ] [ -b ] [ -r ] [ -T ] [ -D ] [ -i ] [ <directory> ]"
+    echo "   update [ -a ] [ -b ] [ -r ] [ -T ] [ -D ] [ -i ] [-t] [-A] [ <directory> ]"
     echo "   version [ -a ]"
     echo
     exit $1