diff --git a/Tools/scripts/README b/Tools/scripts/README
index 528180402b8..0ce797f4bfe 100644
--- a/Tools/scripts/README
+++ b/Tools/scripts/README
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ gencodec.py		Create Python codecs from Unicode mapping files
 google.py		Open a webbrowser with Google.
 gprof2html.py		Transform gprof(1) output into useful HTML.
 h2py.py			Translate #define's into Python assignments
+idle			Main program to start IDLE
 ifdef.py		Remove #if(n)def groups from C sources
 lfcr.py			Change LF line endings to CRLF (Unix to Windows)
 linktree.py		Make a copy of a tree with links to original files
diff --git a/Tools/scripts/idle b/Tools/scripts/idle
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a209d56be78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tools/scripts/idle
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#! /usr/bin/env python
+
+from idlelib.PyShell import main
+main()