Index: Makefile
===================================================================
--- Makefile	(revision 216509)
+++ Makefile	(working copy)
@@ -938,7 +938,7 @@
 menuselect/makeopts: makeopts
 	+$(MAKE_MENUSELECT) makeopts
 
-menuselect-tree: $(foreach dir,$(filter-out main,$(MOD_SUBDIRS)),$(wildcard $(dir)/*.c) $(wildcard $(dir)/*.cc)) build_tools/cflags.xml build_tools/cflags-devmode.xml sounds/sounds.xml build_tools/embed_modules.xml configure
+menuselect-tree: $(foreach dir,$(filter-out main,$(MOD_SUBDIRS)),$(wildcard $(dir)/*.c) $(wildcard $(dir)/*.cc)) build_tools/cflags.xml build_tools/cflags-devmode.xml sounds/sounds.xml build_tools/embed_modules.xml utils/utils.xml configure
 	@echo "Generating input for menuselect ..."
 	@echo "<?xml version=\"1.0\"?>" > $@
 	@echo >> $@
@@ -949,6 +949,7 @@
 	@if [ "${AST_DEVMODE}" = "yes" ]; then \
 		cat build_tools/cflags-devmode.xml >> $@; \
 	fi
+	@cat utils/utils.xml >> $@
 	@cat build_tools/embed_modules.xml >> $@
 	@cat sounds/sounds.xml >> $@
 	@echo "</menu>" >> $@
Index: utils/utils.xml
===================================================================
--- utils/utils.xml	(revision 0)
+++ utils/utils.xml	(revision 0)
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+<category name="MENUSELECT_UTILS" displayname="Utilities" positive_output="yes">
+	<member name="aelparse">
+		<defaultenabled>no</defaultenabled>
+	</member>
+	<member name="astcanary">
+	</member>
+	<member name="astman">
+		<defaultenabled>no</defaultenabled>
+	</member>
+	<member name="check_expr">
+		<defaultenabled>no</defaultenabled>
+	</member>
+	<member name="check_expr2">
+		<defaultenabled>no</defaultenabled>
+	</member>
+	<member name="conf2ael">
+		<defaultenabled>no</defaultenabled>
+	</member>
+	<member name="hashtest">
+		<defaultenabled>no</defaultenabled>
+	</member>
+	<member name="hashtest2">
+		<defaultenabled>no</defaultenabled>
+	</member>
+	<member name="muted">
+		<defaultenabled>no</defaultenabled>
+	</member>
+	<member name="refcounter">
+		<defaultenabled>no</defaultenabled>
+	</member>
+	<member name="smsq">
+		<defaultenabled>no</defaultenabled>
+	</member>
+	<member name="stereorize">
+		<defaultenabled>no</defaultenabled>
+	</member>
+	<member name="streamplayer">
+		<defaultenabled>no</defaultenabled>
+	</member>
+</category>
Index: utils/Makefile
===================================================================
--- utils/Makefile	(revision 216509)
+++ utils/Makefile	(working copy)
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 #     changes are made to ast_expr2.y or ast_expr2.fl (or the corresponding .c files),
 #     as a regression test. Others (mere mortals?) need not bother, but they are
 #     more than welcome to play! The regression test itself is in expr2.testinput.
-ALL_UTILS:=astman smsq stereorize streamplayer muted hashtest2 hashtest astcanary refcounter aelparse conf2ael
+ALL_UTILS:=$(MENUSELECT_UTILS)
 UTILS:=$(ALL_UTILS)
 
 LIBS += $(BKTR_LIB) # astobj2 with devmode uses backtrace