diff --git a/src/storm/automata/LTL2DeterministicAutomaton.cpp b/src/storm/automata/LTL2DeterministicAutomaton.cpp
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+#include "storm/automata/LTL2DeterministicAutomaton.h"
+#include "storm/automata/DeterministicAutomaton.h"
+
+#include "storm/logic/Formula.h"
+#include "storm/utility/macros.h"
+#include "storm/exceptions/FileIoException.h"
+
+#include <cstring>
+#include <cerrno>
+#include <cstdlib>
+#include <unistd.h> // for execlp
+#include <sys/wait.h>
+
+namespace storm {
+    namespace automata {
+
+        // TODO: this is quite hacky, improve robustness
+        std::shared_ptr<DeterministicAutomaton> LTL2DeterministicAutomaton::ltl2da(storm::logic::Formula const& f) {
+            std::string prefixLtl = f.toPrefixString();
+
+            std::string ltl2da_tool = "ltl2da";
+            if (const char* ltl2da_env = std::getenv("LTL2DA")) {
+                ltl2da_tool = ltl2da_env;
+            }
+
+            STORM_LOG_INFO("Calling external LTL->DA tool:   " << ltl2da_tool << " '" << prefixLtl << "' da.hoa");
+
+            pid_t pid;
+
+            pid = fork();
+            STORM_LOG_THROW(pid >= 0, storm::exceptions::FileIoException, "Could not construct deterministic automaton, fork failed");
+
+            if (pid == 0) {
+                // we are in the child process
+                if (execlp(ltl2da_tool.c_str(), ltl2da_tool.c_str(), prefixLtl.c_str(), "da.hoa", NULL) < 0) {
+                    std::cerr << "ERROR: exec failed: " << strerror(errno) << std::endl;
+                    std::exit(1);
+                }
+                // never reached
+                return std::shared_ptr<DeterministicAutomaton>();
+            } else { // in the parent
+                int status;
+
+                // wait for completion
+                while (wait(&status) != pid)
+                    ;
+
+                int rv;
+                if (WIFEXITED(status)) {
+                    rv = WEXITSTATUS(status);
+                } else {
+                    STORM_LOG_THROW(false, storm::exceptions::FileIoException, "Could not construct deterministic automaton: process aborted");
+                }
+                STORM_LOG_THROW(rv == 0, storm::exceptions::FileIoException, "Could not construct deterministic automaton for " << prefixLtl << ", return code = " << rv);
+
+                STORM_LOG_INFO("Reading automaton for " << prefixLtl << " from da.hoa");
+                return DeterministicAutomaton::parseFromFile("da.hoa");
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/storm/automata/LTL2DeterministicAutomaton.h b/src/storm/automata/LTL2DeterministicAutomaton.h
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+#pragma
+
+#include <memory>
+
+namespace storm {
+
+    namespace logic {
+        // fwd
+        class Formula;
+    }
+
+    namespace automata {
+
+        // fwd
+        class DeterministicAutomaton;
+
+
+        class LTL2DeterministicAutomaton {
+        public:
+            static std::shared_ptr<DeterministicAutomaton> ltl2da(storm::logic::Formula const& f);
+        };
+
+    }
+}