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diff --git a/scripts/automation/trex_control_plane/client/trex_root_path.py b/scripts/automation/trex_control_plane/client/trex_root_path.py
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+#!/router/bin/python
+
+import os
+import sys
+
+def add_root_to_path ():
+    """adds trex_control_plane root dir to script path, up to `depth` parent dirs"""
+    root_dirname = 'trex_control_plane'
+    file_path    = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
+
+    components = file_path.split(os.sep)
+    sys.path.append( str.join(os.sep, components[:components.index(root_dirname)+1]) )
+    return
+
+add_root_to_path()