diff --git a/common/create_lib_library.py b/common/create_lib_library.py
index bfa773d..1f058c7 100755
--- a/common/create_lib_library.py
+++ b/common/create_lib_library.py
@@ -51,6 +51,16 @@
 
     print('Diagnostic:  Creating consolidated liberty library ' + destlibroot + '.lib')
 
+    # If file "filelist.txt" exists in the directory, get the list of files from it
+    if os.path.exists(destlibdir + '/filelist.txt'):
+        with open(destlibdir + '/filelist.txt', 'r') as ifile:
+            rlist = ifile.read().splitlines()
+            llist = []
+            for rfile in rlist:
+                llist.append(destlibdir + '/' + rfile)
+    else:
+        llist = glob.glob(destlibdir + '/*.lib')
+
     # Create exclude list with glob-style matching using fnmatch
     if len(llist) > 0:
         llistnames = list(os.path.split(item)[1] for item in llist)