diff --git a/script/epic.py b/script/epic.py
index 3cd2f0c..b8cbf32 100644
--- a/script/epic.py
+++ b/script/epic.py
@@ -670,6 +670,7 @@ def register_listener_callback(fd, dispatch_function, cleanup_function):
     return True
 
 
+# Internal use functions
 @on('exit')
 def cleanup_listener_callbacks(args):
     """Called by our exit hook to close up our servers.
@@ -678,3 +679,28 @@ def cleanup_listener_callbacks(args):
     for fd, funcs in _listening_sockets.items():
         cancel_callback(fd)
         funcs[1]()  # Run the cleanup function
+
+
+@alias('update_python_path')
+def update_python_path(args):
+    split_args = args.split()
+    old_load_path = split_args[0].split(':')
+    new_load_path = split_args[1].split(':')
+    sys_path = sys.path.copy()
+
+    if len(split_args) > 2:
+        xecho("Warning: Extra arguments passed to update_load_path() are ignored!", banner=True)
+
+    # Remove paths that don't appear in new_load_path
+    if old_load_path:
+        for path in old_load_path:
+            if path not in new_load_path:
+                sys_path.remove(path)
+
+    # Add paths that are not in sys_path yet
+    for path in new_load_path:
+        if path not in sys_path:
+            sys_path.append(path)
+
+    # Replace sys.path with our new version
+    sys.path[:] = sys_path
diff --git a/script/python b/script/python
index 53155cf..b73e63e 100644
--- a/script/python
+++ b/script/python
@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
 # Setup the IRC client for python
 # Usage: /load python
 
-if (python(1) == 1) 
-{
-	# Make sure we can import local modules
+if (python(1) == 1) {
+	# Make sure we can import modules in the epic script directory
 	python import sys
-	python if '.' not in sys.path: sys.path.append('.')
-	@ dir = before(-1 / $word(1 $loadinfo()))
-	python if '$dir' not in sys.path: sys.path.append\('$dir'\)
+
+	@ script_dir = before(-1 / $word(1 $loadinfo()))
+	python if '$script_dir' not in sys.path: sys.path.append\('$script_dir'\)
+
+	# Update python's sys.path with epic's $load_path
+	update_python_path( $load_path)
 
 	# Setup some helpful aliases
 	alias pyecho {echo $python($*)}