diff --git a/bin/youtube-dl.detect-path.py b/bin/youtube-dl.detect-path.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: UTF-8, tab-width: 4 -*-
+
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+# ^-- not used, but expected by ../test/test_unicode_literals.py
+
+import os.path
+import sys
+
+wrapper_path = os.path.realpath(__file__)
+sys.path.append(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(wrapper_path)))
+execfile(wrapper_path.rsplit('.', 2)[0])