diff --git a/bin/fslipython b/bin/fslipython
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..414d50318d0b5717f0281aeb951db321dd04603b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/fslipython
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+if [ "$FSLDIR" = "" ] ; then
+  echo "FSLDIR has not been set!"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+exec ${FSLDIR}/bin/python -m IPython "$@"