diff --git a/release.bat b/release.bat
index a1ff05a..a3908d1 100644
--- a/release.bat
+++ b/release.bat
@@ -6,6 +6,12 @@ cd release
 mkdir hscript
 cd ..
 cp hscript/*.hx release/hscript
+cd release
+mkdir script
+cp script/*.hx* release/script
+cd release/script
+haxe build.hxml
+cd ../..
 haxe -xml release/haxedoc.xml hscript.Interp hscript.Parser hscript.Bytes hscript.Macro
 7z a -tzip release.zip release
 rm -rf release
diff --git a/script/RunScript.hx b/script/RunScript.hx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d41eb75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/script/RunScript.hx
@@ -0,0 +1,154 @@
+package;
+
+import haxe.*;
+import hscript.*;
+import sys.*;
+import sys.io.*;
+import sys.net.*;
+
+#if neko
+import neko.Lib;
+#end
+#if cpp
+import cpp.Lib;
+#end
+
+class RunScript {
+	
+	public static function main () {
+		
+		var args = Sys.args ();
+		var workingDirectory = args.pop();
+			
+		try {
+			Sys.setCwd(workingDirectory);
+		} catch (e:Dynamic) {
+			error("Failed to set current working directory to [" + workingDirectory + "]");
+		}
+
+		if (args.length == 0) {
+			error("Argument missing. Expected 1 got 0");
+		}
+
+		if (args[0] == "-f" || args[0] == "--file") {
+			if (args.length == 1) {
+				error("Argument missing. Expected 2 got 1");
+			}
+			if (args.length > 2) {
+				error("Too many arguments. Expected 2 got " + args.length);
+			}
+			executeScriptFile(args[1]);
+		}
+
+		if (args[0] == "--help") {
+			printHelp();
+		}
+		
+		executeScript(args.join(" "));
+	}
+	
+	static function executeScriptFile(scriptPath:String) {
+		if (!FileSystem.exists(scriptPath)) {
+			error("Specified file [" + scriptPath + "] not found");
+		}
+		if (FileSystem.isDirectory(scriptPath)) {
+			error("Specified file [" + scriptPath + "] is a directory");
+		}
+		var script = File.getContent(scriptPath);
+		executeScript(script);
+	}
+	
+	static function executeScript(script:String) {
+		var parser = new hscript.Parser();
+		var program = parser.parseString(script);
+		var interp = new hscript.Interp();
+		
+		// export some useful classes
+		interp.variables.set("Array", Array);
+		interp.variables.set("DateTools", DateTools);
+		interp.variables.set("Math", Math);
+		interp.variables.set("StringTools", StringTools);
+		interp.variables.set("Sys", Sys);
+		interp.variables.set("Xml", Xml);
+		interp.variables.set("sys", {
+			"FileSystem": sys.FileSystem,
+			"io": {
+				"File": sys.io.File
+			},
+			"net": {
+				"Host": sys.net.Host
+			}
+		});
+		interp.variables.set("haxe", {
+			"Json": haxe.Json,
+			"Http": haxe.Http,
+			"Serializer": haxe.Serializer,
+			"Unserializer": haxe.Unserializer
+		});
+		
+		info(interp.execute(program));		
+	}
+	
+	static function printHelp(exit:Bool = true) {
+		var hscriptPath = getHaxelibPath("hscript");
+		var meta:Dynamic = Json.parse(File.getContent(hscriptPath + "haxelib.json"));
+		info('${meta.name} v${meta.version}');
+		info('${meta.description}');
+		info("");
+		info("usage: haxelib run hscript SCRIPT");
+		info("   or: haxelib run hscript -f SCRIPTPATH");
+		info("   or: haxelib run hscript --file SCRIPTPATH");
+		info("");
+		info("examples:");
+		info("   haxelib run hscript var x = 4; 1 + 2 * x");
+		info("   9");
+		info("");
+		info("   haxelib run hscript \"5 | 6\"");
+		info("   7");
+		info("");
+		info("   haxelib run hscript for(i in 0...5) Sys.stdout().writeString(i + ', '); 'done'");
+		info("   0, 1, 2, 3, 4, done");
+		info("");
+		info("   haxelib run hscript sys.net.Host.localhost()");
+		info("   mycomputer");
+		info("");
+		if(Sys.systemName() == "Windows") {
+			info("   for /f %i in ('haxelib run hscript \"new sys.net.Host('')\"') do @set MY_IP=%i");
+			info("   echo %MY_IP%");
+		} else {
+			info("   MY_IP=$(haxelib run hscript \"new sys.net.Host('')\"')");
+			info("   echo $MY_IP");
+		}
+		info("   192.168.248.1");
+		if(exit)
+			Sys.exit(0);
+	}
+	
+	static function info(msg:Dynamic) {
+		Sys.stdout().writeString("" + msg + "\n");
+	}
+	
+	static function error(msg:Dynamic, exit:Bool = true) {
+		Sys.stderr().writeString("Error: " + msg + "!\n");
+		if(exit)
+			Sys.exit(1);
+	}
+	
+	static function getHaxelibPath(libraryName:String):String {
+		var proc = new Process("haxelib", ["path", libraryName]);
+		var result = "";
+		var ex:Dynamic = null;
+		try {
+			while(true)	{
+				var line = proc.stdout.readLine();
+				if (line.substr(0, 1) != "-")
+					result = line;
+			}
+		} catch (e:Dynamic) { 
+			ex = e;
+		};
+		proc.close();
+		if (ex) error(ex);
+		return result;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/script/build.hxml b/script/build.hxml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0b244ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/script/build.hxml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+-main RunScript
+-neko ../run.n
+-lib hscript
+-dce no