diff --git a/utils/python-rpc/console b/utils/python-rpc/console
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..a4ec6a9ad
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@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+env python -i $(dirname $0)/console.py "$@"