diff --git a/scripts/qmp/qmp-shell b/scripts/qmp/qmp-shell
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+import os
+import sys
+
+sys.path.append(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), '..', '..', 'python'))
+from qemu.qmp import qmp_shell
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    qmp_shell.main()