diff --git a/ArduPlane/Parameters.cpp b/ArduPlane/Parameters.cpp
index 5dfcee011d..d57e38db4f 100644
--- a/ArduPlane/Parameters.cpp
+++ b/ArduPlane/Parameters.cpp
@@ -1177,6 +1177,11 @@ const AP_Param::GroupInfo ParametersG2::var_info[] = {
     // @User: Advanced
     AP_GROUPINFO("FLIGHT_OPTIONS", 13, ParametersG2, flight_options, 0),
 
+#ifdef ENABLE_SCRIPTING
+    // Scripting is intentionally not showing up in the parameter docs until it is a more standard feature
+    AP_SUBGROUPINFO(scripting, "SCR_", 14, ParametersG2, AP_Scripting),
+#endif
+
     AP_GROUPEND
 };
 
diff --git a/ArduPlane/Parameters.h b/ArduPlane/Parameters.h
index 37670edb0c..6b891f9469 100644
--- a/ArduPlane/Parameters.h
+++ b/ArduPlane/Parameters.h
@@ -545,6 +545,10 @@ public:
 #endif
 
     AP_Int32 flight_options;
+
+#ifdef ENABLE_SCRIPTING
+    AP_Scripting scripting;
+#endif // ENABLE_SCRIPTING
 };
 
 extern const AP_Param::Info var_info[];
diff --git a/ArduPlane/Plane.h b/ArduPlane/Plane.h
index f7c3114410..4810066688 100644
--- a/ArduPlane/Plane.h
+++ b/ArduPlane/Plane.h
@@ -108,6 +108,10 @@
 // Local modules
 #include "defines.h"
 
+#ifdef ENABLE_SCRIPTING
+#include <AP_Scripting/AP_Scripting.h>
+#endif
+
 #include "RC_Channel.h"     // RC Channel Library
 #include "Parameters.h"
 #include "avoidance_adsb.h"
diff --git a/ArduPlane/system.cpp b/ArduPlane/system.cpp
index 697437271e..3c449d234a 100644
--- a/ArduPlane/system.cpp
+++ b/ArduPlane/system.cpp
@@ -251,6 +251,12 @@ void Plane::startup_ground(void)
         );
 #endif
 
+#ifdef ENABLE_SCRIPTING
+    if (!g2.scripting.init()) {
+        gcs().send_text(MAV_SEVERITY_ERROR, "Scripting failed to start");
+    }
+#endif // ENABLE_SCRIPTING
+
     // reset last heartbeat time, so we don't trigger failsafe on slow
     // startup
     failsafe.last_heartbeat_ms = millis();