diff --git a/eeschema/plugins/CMakeLists.txt b/eeschema/plugins/CMakeLists.txt
index a59db13689..1dfbf6ebcd 100644
--- a/eeschema/plugins/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/eeschema/plugins/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,8 +2,13 @@ if(UNIX)
     add_definitions(-D__UNIX__)
 endif(UNIX)
 
-add_executable(netlist_form_pads-pcb netlist_form_pads-pcb.cpp)
+# add_executable(netlist_form_pads-pcb netlist_form_pads-pcb.cpp)
+# install(TARGETS netlist_form_pads-pcb   DESTINATION ${KICAD_PLUGINS}  COMPONENT binary)
 
-install(TARGETS netlist_form_pads-pcb
-        DESTINATION ${KICAD_PLUGINS}
-        COMPONENT binary)
+# install the *.xsl file(s), user will need to install 'xsltproc' and setup
+# EESCHEMA's netlist plugins
+install( FILES
+                netlist_form_pads-pcb.xsl
+         DESTINATION ${KICAD_PLUGINS}
+         COMPONENT binary
+         )
diff --git a/eeschema/plugins/netlist_form_pads-pcb.xsl b/eeschema/plugins/netlist_form_pads-pcb.xsl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bcb7b555ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/eeschema/plugins/netlist_form_pads-pcb.xsl
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
+<!--XSL style sheet to EESCHEMA Generic Netlist Format to PADS netlist format
+    Copyright (C) 2010, SoftPLC Corporation.
+    GPL v2.
+-->
+
+<!DOCTYPE xsl:stylesheet [
+  <!ENTITY nl  "&#xd;&#xa;"> <!--new line CR, LF -->
+]>
+
+<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
+<xsl:output method="text" omit-xml-declaration="yes" indent="no"/>
+
+<xsl:template match="export">
+    <xsl:text>*PADS-PCB*&nl;*PART*&nl;</xsl:text>
+    <xsl:apply-templates select="components/comp"/>
+    <xsl:text>&nl;*NET*&nl;</xsl:text>
+    <xsl:apply-templates select="nets/net"/>
+</xsl:template>
+
+<!-- for each component -->
+<xsl:template match="comp">
+    <xsl:value-of select="@ref"/>
+    <xsl:text> </xsl:text>
+    <xsl:choose>
+        <xsl:when test = "footprint = ''">
+            <xsl:text>unknown</xsl:text>
+        </xsl:when>
+        <xsl:otherwise>
+            <xsl:apply-templates select="footprint"/>
+        </xsl:otherwise>
+    </xsl:choose>
+    <xsl:text>&nl;</xsl:text>
+</xsl:template>
+
+<!-- for each net -->
+<xsl:template match="net">
+    <xsl:text>*SIGNAL* </xsl:text>
+    <xsl:choose>
+        <xsl:when test = "@name != '' ">
+            <xsl:value-of select="@name"/>
+        </xsl:when>
+        <xsl:otherwise>
+            <xsl:text>N-</xsl:text>
+            <xsl:value-of select="@code"/>
+        </xsl:otherwise>
+    </xsl:choose>
+    <xsl:text>&nl;</xsl:text>
+    <xsl:apply-templates select="node"/>
+</xsl:template>
+
+<!-- for each node -->
+<xsl:template match="node">
+    <xsl:text> </xsl:text>
+    <xsl:value-of select="@ref"/>
+    <xsl:text>.</xsl:text>
+    <xsl:value-of select="@pin"/>
+    <xsl:text>&nl;</xsl:text>
+</xsl:template>
+
+</xsl:stylesheet>