diff --git a/tools/sqlcipher2hashcat.py b/tools/sqlcipher2hashcat.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5f380e903
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/sqlcipher2hashcat.py
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+from base64 import b64encode
+import sys
+
+database = open(sys.argv[1], "rb").read(272)
+salt = database[:16]
+
+print('sqlcipher:256000:' + b64encode(salt).decode() + ':' + b64encode(database[16:272]).decode())