diff --git a/create_llamaedge_sysext.sh b/create_llamaedge_sysext.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..ddf63ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/create_llamaedge_sysext.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -euo pipefail
+set -x
+export ARCH="${ARCH-x86_64}"
+export FILE_ARCH="x86-64"
+SCRIPTFOLDER="$(dirname "$(readlink -f "$0")")"
+
+if [ $# -lt 2 ] || [ "$1" = "-h" ] || [ "$1" = "--help" ]; then
+  echo "Usage: $0 VERSION SYSEXTNAME"
+  echo "The script will download the llamaedge release tar ball (e.g., for 4.0.0) and create a sysext squashfs image with the name SYSEXTNAME.raw in the current folder."
+  echo "A temporary directory named SYSEXTNAME in the current folder will be created and deleted again."
+  echo "All files in the sysext image will be owned by root."
+  echo "To use arm64 pass 'ARCH=aarch64' as environment variable (current value is '${ARCH}')."
+  "${SCRIPTFOLDER}"/bake.sh --help
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+VERSION="$1"
+SYSEXTNAME="$2"
+
+# clean and obtain the specified version
+rm -f "WasmEdge-${VERSION}-ubuntu20.04_${ARCH}.tar.gz"
+curl -o "WasmEdge-${VERSION}-ubuntu20.04_${ARCH}.tar.gz" -L "https://github.com/WasmEdge/WasmEdge/releases/download/${VERSION}/WasmEdge-${VERSION}-ubuntu20.04_${ARCH}.tar.gz"
+rm -f "WasmEdge-plugin-wasi_nn-ggml-${VERSION}-ubuntu20.04_${ARCH}.tar.gz"
+curl -o "WasmEdge-plugin-wasi_nn-ggml-${VERSION}-ubuntu20.04_${ARCH}.tar.gz" -L "https://github.com/WasmEdge/WasmEdge/releases/download/${VERSION}/WasmEdge-plugin-wasi_nn-ggml-${VERSION}-ubuntu20.04_${ARCH}.tar.gz"
+rm -f "WasmEdge-plugin-wasi_nn-whisper-${VERSION}-ubuntu20.04_${ARCH}.tar.gz"
+curl -o "WasmEdge-plugin-wasi_nn-whisper-${VERSION}-ubuntu20.04_${ARCH}.tar.gz" -L "https://github.com/WasmEdge/WasmEdge/releases/download/${VERSION}/WasmEdge-plugin-wasi_nn-whisper-${VERSION}-ubuntu20.04_${ARCH}.tar.gz"
+rm -f "llama-api-server.wasm"
+curl -o "llama-api-server.wasm" -L "https://github.com/LlamaEdge/LlamaEdge/releases/download/0.14.15/llama-api-server.wasm"
+rm -f "whisper-api-server.wasm"
+curl -o "whisper-api-server.wasm" -L "https://github.com/LlamaEdge/whisper-api-server/releases/download/0.3.2/whisper-api-server.wasm"
+
+# clean earlier SYSEXTNAME directory and recreate
+rm -rf "${SYSEXTNAME}"
+mkdir -p "${SYSEXTNAME}"
+
+# extract wasmedge into SYSEXTNAME/
+tar --force-local -xvf "WasmEdge-${VERSION}-ubuntu20.04_${ARCH}.tar.gz" -C "${SYSEXTNAME}"
+
+# ends up in WasmEdge-${VERSION}-Linux/bin/wasmedge -- there's bin/ include/ lib/ to clean up
+
+# clean downloaded tarball
+rm "WasmEdge-${VERSION}-ubuntu20.04_${ARCH}.tar.gz"
+
+# create deployment directory in SYSEXTNAME/ and move wasmtime into it
+mkdir -p "${SYSEXTNAME}"/usr/bin # binary
+mkdir -p "${SYSEXTNAME}"/usr/lib/wasmedge # .so files
+mkdir -p "${SYSEXTNAME}"/usr/lib/plugin-ggml # wasi-nn-ggml
+mkdir -p "${SYSEXTNAME}"/usr/lib/plugin-whisper # wasi-nn-whisper
+mkdir -p "${SYSEXTNAME}"/usr/lib/wasm # for wasm applications
+
+
+# extract plugins
+tar --force-local -xvf "WasmEdge-plugin-wasi_nn-ggml-${VERSION}-ubuntu20.04_${ARCH}.tar.gz" -C "${SYSEXTNAME}/usr/lib/plugin-ggml"
+tar --force-local -xvf "WasmEdge-plugin-wasi_nn-whisper-${VERSION}-ubuntu20.04_${ARCH}.tar.gz" -C "${SYSEXTNAME}/usr/lib/plugin-whisper"
+
+rm -f "WasmEdge-plugin-wasi_nn-ggml-${VERSION}-ubuntu20.04_${ARCH}.tar.gz"
+rm -f "WasmEdge-plugin-wasi_nn-whisper-${VERSION}-ubuntu20.04_${ARCH}.tar.gz"
+
+mv "${SYSEXTNAME}"/WasmEdge-"${VERSION}"-Linux/bin/wasmedge "${SYSEXTNAME}"/usr/bin/
+mv "${SYSEXTNAME}"/WasmEdge-"${VERSION}"-Linux/lib/* "${SYSEXTNAME}"/usr/lib/wasmedge/
+mv "llama-api-server.wasm" "${SYSEXTNAME}"/usr/lib/wasm
+mv "whisper-api-server.wasm" "${SYSEXTNAME}"/usr/lib/wasm
+
+# clean up any extracted mess # currently in WasmEdge-"${VERSION}"-Linux/bin/wasmedge -- there's bin/ include/ lib/ to clean up
+rm -rf "${SYSEXTNAME}"/WasmEdge-"${VERSION}"-Linux/bin/ "${SYSEXTNAME}"/WasmEdge-"${VERSION}"-Linux/include/ "${SYSEXTNAME}"/WasmEdge-"${VERSION}"-Linux/lib
+
+echo "============= Show the current sysext contents ============="
+tree "${SYSEXTNAME}"
+echo "============================================================"
+
+# bake the .raw. This process uses the generic binary name for layer metadata
+"${SCRIPTFOLDER}"/bake.sh "${SYSEXTNAME}"
+
+# rename the file to the specific version and arch.
+mv "./${SYSEXTNAME}.raw" "./${SYSEXTNAME}-v${VERSION}-${FILE_ARCH}.raw"
+
+# clean again just in case
+rm -rf "${SYSEXTNAME}" 
diff --git a/create_wasmedge_sysext.sh b/create_wasmedge_sysext.sh
index 535f30d..1a86f4e 100755
--- a/create_wasmedge_sysext.sh
+++ b/create_wasmedge_sysext.sh
@@ -25,10 +25,6 @@ rm -f "WasmEdge-plugin-wasi_nn-ggml-${VERSION}-ubuntu20.04_${ARCH}.tar.gz"
 curl -o "WasmEdge-plugin-wasi_nn-ggml-${VERSION}-ubuntu20.04_${ARCH}.tar.gz" -L "https://github.com/WasmEdge/WasmEdge/releases/download/${VERSION}/WasmEdge-plugin-wasi_nn-ggml-${VERSION}-ubuntu20.04_${ARCH}.tar.gz"
 rm -f "WasmEdge-plugin-wasi_nn-whisper-${VERSION}-ubuntu20.04_${ARCH}.tar.gz"
 curl -o "WasmEdge-plugin-wasi_nn-whisper-${VERSION}-ubuntu20.04_${ARCH}.tar.gz" -L "https://github.com/WasmEdge/WasmEdge/releases/download/${VERSION}/WasmEdge-plugin-wasi_nn-whisper-${VERSION}-ubuntu20.04_${ARCH}.tar.gz"
-rm -f "llama-api-server.wasm"
-curl -o "llama-api-server.wasm" -L "https://github.com/LlamaEdge/LlamaEdge/releases/download/0.14.15/llama-api-server.wasm"
-rm -f "whisper-api-server.wasm"
-curl -o "whisper-api-server.wasm" -L "https://github.com/LlamaEdge/whisper-api-server/releases/download/0.3.2/whisper-api-server.wasm"
 
 # clean earlier SYSEXTNAME directory and recreate
 rm -rf "${SYSEXTNAME}"
@@ -47,7 +43,6 @@ mkdir -p "${SYSEXTNAME}"/usr/bin # binary
 mkdir -p "${SYSEXTNAME}"/usr/lib/wasmedge # .so files
 mkdir -p "${SYSEXTNAME}"/usr/lib/plugin-ggml # wasi-nn-ggml
 mkdir -p "${SYSEXTNAME}"/usr/lib/plugin-whisper # wasi-nn-whisper
-mkdir -p "${SYSEXTNAME}"/usr/lib/wasm # for wasm applications
 
 
 # extract plugins
@@ -59,8 +54,6 @@ rm -f "WasmEdge-plugin-wasi_nn-whisper-${VERSION}-ubuntu20.04_${ARCH}.tar.gz"
 
 mv "${SYSEXTNAME}"/WasmEdge-"${VERSION}"-Linux/bin/wasmedge "${SYSEXTNAME}"/usr/bin/
 mv "${SYSEXTNAME}"/WasmEdge-"${VERSION}"-Linux/lib/* "${SYSEXTNAME}"/usr/lib/wasmedge/
-mv "llama-api-server.wasm" "${SYSEXTNAME}"/usr/lib/wasm
-mv "whisper-api-server.wasm" "${SYSEXTNAME}"/usr/lib/wasm
 
 # clean up any extracted mess # currently in WasmEdge-"${VERSION}"-Linux/bin/wasmedge -- there's bin/ include/ lib/ to clean up
 rm -rf "${SYSEXTNAME}"/WasmEdge-"${VERSION}"-Linux/bin/ "${SYSEXTNAME}"/WasmEdge-"${VERSION}"-Linux/include/ "${SYSEXTNAME}"/WasmEdge-"${VERSION}"-Linux/lib
@@ -76,4 +69,4 @@ echo "============================================================"
 mv "./${SYSEXTNAME}.raw" "./${SYSEXTNAME}-v${VERSION}-${FILE_ARCH}.raw"
 
 # clean again just in case
-rm -rf "${SYSEXTNAME}" 
+rm -rf "${SYSEXTNAME}"