diff --git a/tools/buildbot/startbuild.pl b/tools/buildbot/startbuild.pl
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+++ b/tools/buildbot/startbuild.pl
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#!/usr/bin/perl
+
+use File::Basename;
+
+my ($myself, $path) = fileparse($0);
+chdir($path);
+chdir('..');
+chdir('..');
+
+my ($cmd, $output);
+
+$cmd = 'tools/builder/builder.exe build.cfg 2>&1';
+
+if ($^O eq "linux")
+{
+    $cmd = 'mono ' . $cmd;
+}
+
+print "$cmd\n";
+$output = `$cmd`;
+
+print $output;
+
+die "Build failed: $!\n" if $?;
+