diff --git a/.clang-format b/.clang-format
index 037e0c5a..0c21d38f 100644
--- a/.clang-format
+++ b/.clang-format
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ Cpp11BracedListStyle: false
 AlignArrayOfStructures: None
 AlignTrailingComments: false
 AllowShortFunctionsOnASingleLine: Empty
-AlwaysBreakBeforeMultilineStrings: true
+AlwaysBreakBeforeMultilineStrings: false
 IndentGotoLabels: true
 SortIncludes: Never
 SpaceBeforeCpp11BracedList: true
diff --git a/.reuse/dep5 b/.reuse/dep5
index 0b2e9070..43d42ced 100644
--- a/.reuse/dep5
+++ b/.reuse/dep5
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ Files: **/Makefile.am
        configure.ac
        src/Makefile.am
        src/provider.exports
+       src/*.gen.c
        tests/Makefile.am
        tests/README
        tests/openssl.cnf.in
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 27dee7cf..a4aad056 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -18,6 +18,19 @@ check-style-show:
 check-style-fix:
 	git diff -U0 --no-color --relative origin/main | clang-format-diff -i -p1
 
+generate-code:
+	for pfile in src/*.pre; do \
+		gfile=`echo $${pfile} | sed s/\.pre/\.gen\.c/`; \
+		echo "/* DO NOT EDIT, autogenerated from $${pfile} */" > "$${gfile}"; \
+		echo "/* Modify $${pfile} then run make generate-code */" >> "$${gfile}"; \
+		cat $${pfile} | $(CC) -E - | grep -v "^#" > "$${gfile}.tmp"; \
+		sed -i -n -e '/^BEGIN:$$/,$$p' "$${gfile}.tmp"; \
+		sed -i 's/^BEGIN:$$//' "$${gfile}.tmp"; \
+		cat "$${gfile}.tmp" >> $${gfile}; \
+		clang-format -i --verbose "$${gfile}"; \
+		rm "$${gfile}.tmp"; \
+	done
+
 DISTCLEANFILES = \
 	*~