diff --git a/dist/tools/mkconstfs/README.md b/dist/tools/mkconstfs/README.md
index c71a69ba04..c5fc8bf08d 100644
--- a/dist/tools/mkconstfs/README.md
+++ b/dist/tools/mkconstfs/README.md
@@ -14,3 +14,8 @@ structures that can be mounted using constfs.
     [...]
 
     vfs_mount((vfs_mount_t *)&_constfs);
+
+# mkconstfs2
+
+This is an alternative tool that takes a list of files instead of a whole
+directory.
diff --git a/dist/tools/mkconstfs/mkconstfs2.py b/dist/tools/mkconstfs/mkconstfs2.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..a552baefef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dist/tools/mkconstfs/mkconstfs2.py
@@ -0,0 +1,177 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+import os
+import sys
+import argparse
+import pathlib
+import posixpath
+import io
+import itertools
+import mmap
+import shutil
+from binascii import hexlify
+
+C_HEADER = """/* This file was automatically generated by mkconstfs2.
+ * !!!! DO NOT EDIT !!!!!
+ */
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include "fs/constfs.h"
+
+"""
+
+FILE_TEMPLATE = """ {{
+  .path = "{target_name}",
+  .data = {buff_name},
+  .size = sizeof({buff_name})
+ }},
+"""
+
+C_FOOTER = """
+static const constfs_t _fs_data = {{
+    .files = _files,
+    .nfiles = sizeof(_files) / sizeof(_files[0]),
+}};
+
+vfs_mount_t {constfs_name} = {{
+    .fs = &constfs_file_system,
+    .mount_point = "{mount_pount}",
+    .private_data = (void *)&_fs_data,
+}};
+"""
+
+FILES_DECL = """
+static const constfs_file_t _files[] = {
+"""
+
+BLOB_DECL = """
+/** {fname} **/
+static const uint8_t {varname}[] = {{
+"""
+
+
+def _relpath_p(path, start):
+    return posixpath.relpath(pathlib.Path(os.path.abspath(path)).as_posix(),
+                             pathlib.Path(os.path.abspath(start)).as_posix())
+
+
+def mkconstfs(files, root_path, mount_point, constfs_name):
+    """Generate a C file containing a constant file system
+
+    Return
+    ------
+
+    chunks: Iterator yielding fragments of the of the output file.
+    """
+
+    filemap = {f: (_mkident(i), _relpath_p(f, root_path))
+               for i, f in enumerate(files)}
+
+    yield C_HEADER
+    yield from itertools.chain.from_iterable(
+                print_file_data(local_f, *f_data) for local_f, f_data in filemap.items())
+
+    yield FILES_DECL
+
+    yield from (FILE_TEMPLATE.format(target_name=_addroot(relp),
+                                     buff_name=ident)
+                for ident, relp in sorted(filemap.values()))
+
+    yield "};\n"
+
+    yield C_FOOTER.format(constfs_name=constfs_name, mount_pount=mount_point)
+
+
+def _addroot(fname):
+    return "/" + fname if not fname.startswith("/") else fname
+
+
+def _mkident(k):
+    return "_file{:02X}".format(k)
+
+
+def print_file_data(local_fname, varname, target_fname=""):
+    """Convert a file into a static C array:
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+
+    local_fname: real Path (where the file is on this machine's fs)
+    target_fname: name that the file will have in the constfs.
+    output_file: File-like object where the array will be written.
+
+    Return
+    ------
+
+    chunks: Iterator yielding fragments of the of the output text.
+    """
+
+    yield BLOB_DECL.format(fname=target_fname, varname=varname)
+
+    def byte2s(b):
+        return "0x{},".format(hexlify(b).decode('utf-8'))
+
+    def chunk(iterable, blocksize):
+        """Break a single iterable into chunks of maximum size 'blocksize'"""
+        return (x for _, x in itertools.groupby(enumerate(iterable),
+                                                lambda x: x[0]//blocksize))
+
+    with open(local_fname, 'rb') as f, mmap.mmap(f.fileno(), 0,
+                                                 access=mmap.ACCESS_READ
+                                                 ) as bfile:
+        yield from map(lambda x: x[1],
+                       itertools.chain.from_iterable(
+                            map(lambda l: itertools.chain(l, [(0, "\n")]),
+                                chunk(map(byte2s, bfile), 16)
+                                )
+                        )
+                       )
+
+    yield "};\n"
+
+
+def main():
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+            description="Embed files into a constant file system")
+
+    parser.add_argument("-m", '--mount', metavar="mountpoint",
+                        help="Where to mount the resulting fs", default="/")
+
+    parser.add_argument("-o", '--output', metavar="output_file",
+                        help="Write the output to a file instead of stdout. "
+                             "The file is only written if the command is successful "
+                             "(i.e. there is no partial output")
+
+    parser.add_argument("-r", '--root', metavar="root_base_path",
+                        type=pathlib.Path,
+                        help="Paths on the constf will be generated for the real "
+                        "path of the files by considering this path to be the root "
+                        "By default the current directory (.) is used",
+                        default=pathlib.Path())
+
+    parser.add_argument("name", help="Name for the vfs_mount_t structure")
+
+    parser.add_argument("files", nargs="+", type=pathlib.Path,
+                        help="Files to be included.")
+
+    ns = parser.parse_args()
+
+    f_chunks = mkconstfs(ns.files, ns.root, ns.mount, ns.name)
+
+    if ns.output:
+        tmp_out = io.StringIO()
+    else:
+        tmp_out = sys.stdout
+
+    tmp_out.writelines(f_chunks)
+
+    if ns.output:
+        with open(ns.output, "w+") as f:
+            tmp_out.seek(0)
+            shutil.copyfileobj(tmp_out, f)
+
+    return 0
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    exit(main())