diff --git a/build/jam/MiscRules b/build/jam/MiscRules
index 7b3d53242e..ce6a89e75f 100644
--- a/build/jam/MiscRules
+++ b/build/jam/MiscRules
@@ -76,3 +76,44 @@ rule MakeLocateDebug
 	}
 }
 
+rule SearchAndReplace
+{
+	# SearchAndReplace <newFile> : <sourceFile> : <stringToFind> : <stringToReplaceWith>
+	# A code generator that searches and replaces text in a source file to 
+	# produce another.
+	# <newFile>: The file (a source file) being created by this
+	#            search and replace code generation.
+	# <sourceFile>: The file being used to generate <newFile>.
+	# <stringToFind>: The string to search for in <sourceFile>.
+	# <stringToReplaceWith>: The string to replace with in the new file.
+	#
+	# For example usage see the MarkAs Tracker add-on code.
+	#
+	local _new_file = [ FGristSourceFiles $(1) ] ;
+	Depends all : $(_new_file) ;
+	Depends $(_new_file) : $(2) ;
+	MakeLocate $(_new_file) : $(LOCATE_SOURCE) ;
+	SEARCH on $(_new_file) = $(LOCATE_SOURCE) ; 
+	Sed $(_new_file) : $(2) -e s/$(3)/$(4)/g ;
+	Clean clean : $(_new_file) ;
+}
+
+rule Sed
+{
+	# Sed <newFile> : <parameters>
+	# <newFile>: The file (a source file) being created by this
+	#            sed run.
+	# <parameters>: The parameters to sed in a list. The first item is
+	#               the source file being searched through, the rest
+	#               are standard sed parameters.
+
+	# We don't care about the parameters to sed
+	NoCare $(2[2-]) ;
+	NotFile $(2[2-]) ;
+}
+
+actions Sed
+{
+	$(SED) $(2[2-]) $(2[1]) > $(1)
+}
+