diff --git a/convert.go b/convert.go
index 410d1de..0d41ea0 100644
--- a/convert.go
+++ b/convert.go
@@ -77,7 +77,12 @@ func Translate(c *Config) error {
 		return err
 	}
 	// Write hierarchical tree of assets
-	return writeTOCTree(bfd, toc)
+	if err := writeTOCTree(bfd, toc); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// Write restore procedure
+	return writeRestore(bfd)
 }
 
 // Implement sort.Interface for []os.FileInfo based on Name()
diff --git a/debug.go b/debug.go
index 03823c6..884b4df 100644
--- a/debug.go
+++ b/debug.go
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ func writeDebugHeader(w io.Writer) error {
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"strings"
 	"os"
+	"path"
+	"path/filepath"
 )
 
 // bindata_read reads the given file from disk. It returns an error on failure.
diff --git a/release.go b/release.go
index cb8db86..dbac762 100644
--- a/release.go
+++ b/release.go
@@ -108,6 +108,9 @@ func header_compressed_nomemcopy(w io.Writer) error {
 	"unsafe"
 	"os"
 	"time"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"path"
+	"path/filepath"
 )
 
 func bindata_read(data, name string) ([]byte, error) {
@@ -148,6 +151,9 @@ func header_compressed_memcopy(w io.Writer) error {
 	"strings"
 	"os"
 	"time"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"path"
+	"path/filepath"
 )
 
 func bindata_read(data []byte, name string) ([]byte, error) {
@@ -179,6 +185,9 @@ func header_uncompressed_nomemcopy(w io.Writer) error {
 	"unsafe"
 	"os"
 	"time"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"path"
+	"path/filepath"
 )
 
 func bindata_read(data, name string) ([]byte, error) {
@@ -202,6 +211,9 @@ func header_uncompressed_memcopy(w io.Writer) error {
 	"strings"
 	"os"
 	"time"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"path"
+	"path/filepath"
 )
 `)
 	return err
diff --git a/restore.go b/restore.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8fe8066
--- /dev/null
+++ b/restore.go
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+// This work is subject to the CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication
+// license. Its contents can be found at:
+// http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
+
+package bindata
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+)
+
+func writeRestore(w io.Writer) error {
+	_, err := fmt.Fprintf(w, `
+// Restore an asset under the given directory
+func RestoreAsset(dir, name string) error {
+        data, err := Asset(name)
+        if err != nil {
+                return err
+        }
+        info, err := AssetInfo(name)
+        if err != nil {
+                return err
+        }
+        err = os.MkdirAll(_filePath(dir, path.Dir(name)), os.FileMode(0755))
+        if err != nil {
+                return err
+        }
+        err = ioutil.WriteFile(_filePath(dir, name), data, info.Mode())
+        if err != nil {
+                return err
+        }
+        err = os.Chtimes(_filePath(dir, name), info.ModTime(), info.ModTime())
+        if err != nil {
+                return err
+        }
+        return nil
+}
+
+// Restore assets under the given directory recursively
+func RestoreAssets(dir, name string) error {
+        children, err := AssetDir(name)
+        if err != nil { // File
+                return RestoreAsset(dir, name)
+        } else { // Dir
+                for _, child := range children {
+                        err = RestoreAssets(dir, path.Join(name, child))
+                        if err != nil {
+                                return err
+                        }
+                }
+        }
+        return nil
+}
+
+func _filePath(dir, name string) string {
+        cannonicalName := strings.Replace(name, "\\", "/", -1)
+        return filepath.Join(append([]string{dir}, strings.Split(cannonicalName, "/")...)...)
+}
+
+`)
+	return err
+}