diff --git a/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Script.hs b/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Script.hs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0985177d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Script.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+{-|
+A convenient module to import in hledger scripts, 
+aiming to provide the most useful imports and reduce boilerplate.
+|-}
+
+{-# LANGUAGE PackageImports #-}
+
+module Hledger.Cli.Script
+( module Script
+) 
+where
+
+import Control.Monad as Script
+import Data.Either as Script
+import Data.List as Script
+import Data.Maybe as Script
+import Data.Ord as Script
+-- import Data.String.QQ (s)  -- https://github.com/audreyt/string-qq/pull/3
+import Data.Time as Script
+import Text.Printf as Script hiding (formatString)
+import "text" Data.Text as Script (Text, pack, unpack)
+  -- can't re-export much of Data.Text & Data.Text.IO, they need to be qualified
+import Safe as Script hiding (at)
+-- import qualified System.Console.CmdArgs.Explicit as Script
+import System.Directory as Script
+import System.Environment as Script
+import System.Exit as Script
+import System.FilePath as Script
+import System.Process as Script
+
+import Hledger as Script
+import Hledger.Cli as Script
+import Hledger.Cli.Main as Script (argsToCliOpts)
diff --git a/hledger/package.yaml b/hledger/package.yaml
index 09283f3bc..6fab9757f 100644
--- a/hledger/package.yaml
+++ b/hledger/package.yaml
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ library:
   - Hledger.Cli.DocFiles
   - Hledger.Cli.Utils
   - Hledger.Cli.Anon
+  - Hledger.Cli.Script
   - Hledger.Cli.Version
   - Hledger.Cli.Commands
   - Hledger.Cli.Commands.Accounts