diff --git a/config/create_user_db.sh b/config/create_user_db.sh
index 1fd84dc10e..eb729ff923 100755
--- a/config/create_user_db.sh
+++ b/config/create_user_db.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # ScoDoc: creation de la base de donnees d'utilisateurs
 #
 # Ce script prend en charge la creation de la base de donnees
-# et doit �tre lanc� par l'utilisateur unix root dans le repertoire .../config
+# et doit être lancé par l'utilisateur unix root dans le repertoire .../config
 #                          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 # E. Viennet, Juin 2008
 #
diff --git a/config/migre-7-a-8.sh b/config/migre-7-a-8.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..2e9fddc63a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/migre-7-a-8.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Migration vers ScoDoc 8
+#
+# E. Viennet, dec 2020
+#
+# Passe l'installation courante de ScoDoc 7 à ScoDoc 8
+#  A ce jour, ScoDoc 8 n'est pas recommandé en production !
+#
+# - l'installation ScoDoc 7 doit être à jour.
+# - passe de SVN à GIT: pas de retour en arrière.
+# - déplace la config de config/scodoc_config.py 
+#    vers /opt/scodoc/var/scodoc/config/scodoc_local.py
+
+
+source config.sh
+source utils.sh
+
+check_uid_root "$0"
+
+scodocctl stop
+
+scodoc7=/opt/ScoDoc7
+if [ -e "$scodoc7" ]
+then
+    echo "/opt/ScoDoc7 already exists. Move or remove it before retrying."
+    exit 1;
+fi
+
+# 0- Upgrade and check local config
+cd "$SCODOC_DIR" || { echo "Fatal error: can't cd to $SCODOC_DIR"; exit 2; }
+svn up || { echo "Fatal error: can't apply last svn up"; exit 3; }
+
+local_config_diff=$(svn diff config/scodoc_config.py | wc -l)
+
+# 1- Install git
+apt-get update
+apt-get update || { echo "apt-get update failed with $?"; exit 4; }
+apt-get -y install git
+
+# 2- Download ScoDoc8
+printf "\nDownloading files...\n"
+cd "$SCODOC_DIR"/.. || { echo "Fatal error: can't cd to $SCODOC_DIR"; exit 2; }
+
+mv ScoDoc "$scodoc7"
+
+git clone https://scodoc.org/git/viennet/ScoDoc.git || { echo "Fatal error: can't clone git repository"; exit 5; }
+cd ScoDoc || { echo "Fatal error: can't cd to $SCODOC_DIR"; exit 6; }
+
+git checkout ScoDoc8 || { echo "Fatal error: can't checkout ScoDoc8 branch"; exit 7; }
+
+# 3- Migrate user's configuration if needed
+if [ "$local_config_diff" -ne 0 ]
+then
+    src="$scodoc7"/config/scodoc_config.py
+    dst="${SCODOC_VAR_DIR}/config/scodoc_local.py"
+    if [ -e "$dst" ]
+    then
+        echo "Warning: moving ${dst} to ${dst}.old"
+        printf "=> vérifiez votre configuration locale avant utilisation.\n\n"
+        mv "$dst" "$dst".old
+    fi
+    echo 
+    echo "Copying local configuration file $src"
+    echo "to $dst"
+    cp  "$src" "$dst"
+fi
+
+printf "\nDone.\nPlease start scodoc to use ScoDoc8: systemctl start scodoc\n"