diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/arvst b/gtk2_ardour/arvst
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..9f1d1893af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/arvst
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+. `dirname "$0"`/../build/gtk2_ardour/ardev_common_waf.sh
+export UBUNTU_MENUPROXY=""
+export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$TOP/build/gtk2_ardour/:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
+exec wine $TOP/$EXECUTABLE-vst.exe.so "$@"