diff --git a/bin/chef-keygen b/bin/chef-keygen
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..c89a863
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/chef-keygen
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+key=$(openssl genrsa 2048 2>/dev/null)
+pubkey=$(printf "%s" "$key" | openssl rsa -pubout)
+pubkey_newline=$(printf "%s\n" "$pubkey" | tr '\n' '}' | sed 's/}/\\n/g')
+
+printf "%s\n%s\n%s\n" "$key" "$pubkey" "$pubkey_newline"