diff --git a/src/App/Application.cpp b/src/App/Application.cpp
index 7475eebaa..585de9e6a 100644
--- a/src/App/Application.cpp
+++ b/src/App/Application.cpp
@@ -1166,7 +1166,7 @@ void Application::processCmdLineFiles(void)
                 Application::_pcSingleton->openDocument(File.filePath().c_str());
             }
             else if (File.hasExtension("fcscript")||File.hasExtension("fcmacro")) {
-                Base::Interpreter().runFile(File.filePath().c_str());
+                Base::Interpreter().runFile(File.filePath().c_str(), false);
             }
             else if (File.hasExtension("py")) {
                 Base::Interpreter().loadModule(File.fileNamePure().c_str());
diff --git a/src/Base/Interpreter.cpp b/src/Base/Interpreter.cpp
index 11200a934..e54da64af 100644
--- a/src/Base/Interpreter.cpp
+++ b/src/Base/Interpreter.cpp
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ void InterpreterSingleton::runInteractiveString(const char *sCmd)
         Py_DECREF(presult);
 }
 
-void InterpreterSingleton::runFile(const char*pxFileName)
+void InterpreterSingleton::runFile(const char*pxFileName, bool local)
 {
 #ifdef FC_OS_WIN32
     FileInfo fi(pxFileName);
@@ -222,11 +222,37 @@ void InterpreterSingleton::runFile(const char*pxFileName)
         PyGILStateLocker locker;
         //std::string encoding = PyUnicode_GetDefaultEncoding();
         //PyUnicode_SetDefaultEncoding("utf-8");
-        int ret = PyRun_SimpleFile(fp, pxFileName);
         //PyUnicode_SetDefaultEncoding(encoding.c_str());
-        fclose(fp);
-        if (ret != 0)
-            throw PyException();
+        if (local) {
+            PyObject *module, *dict;
+            module = PyImport_AddModule("__main__");
+            dict = PyModule_GetDict(module);
+            dict = PyDict_Copy(dict);
+            if (PyDict_GetItemString(dict, "__file__") == NULL) {
+                PyObject *f = PyString_FromString(pxFileName);
+                if (f == NULL)
+                    return;
+                if (PyDict_SetItemString(dict, "__file__", f) < 0) {
+                    Py_DECREF(f);
+                    return;
+                }
+                Py_DECREF(f);
+            }
+
+            PyObject *result = PyRun_File(fp, pxFileName, Py_file_input, dict, dict);
+            fclose(fp);
+            Py_DECREF(dict);
+            if (!result)
+                throw PyException();
+            Py_DECREF(result);
+        }
+        else {
+            int ret = PyRun_SimpleFile(fp, pxFileName);
+            fclose(fp);
+            if (ret != 0)
+                throw PyException();
+        }
+
     }
     else {
         std::string err = "Unknown file: ";
diff --git a/src/Base/Interpreter.h b/src/Base/Interpreter.h
index 1e740fd15..9f32d68d3 100644
--- a/src/Base/Interpreter.h
+++ b/src/Base/Interpreter.h
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ public:
     /// Run a statement on the python interpreter and gives back a string with the representation of the result.
     void runInteractiveString(const char *psCmd);
     /// Run file (script) on the python interpreter
-    void runFile(const char*pxFileName);
+    void runFile(const char*pxFileName, bool local);
     /// Run a statement with arguments on the python interpreter
     void runStringArg(const char * psCom,...);
     /// runs a python object method with no return value and no arguments
diff --git a/src/Gui/Macro.cpp b/src/Gui/Macro.cpp
index 81b25ddc4..067f44fa1 100644
--- a/src/Gui/Macro.cpp
+++ b/src/Gui/Macro.cpp
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ void MacroManager::run(MacroType eType,const char *sName)
         PythonRedirector std_out("stdout",new OutputStdout);
         PythonRedirector std_err("stderr",new OutputStderr);
         //The given path name is expected to be Utf-8
-        Base::Interpreter().runFile(sName);
+        Base::Interpreter().runFile(sName, true);
     }
     catch (const Base::Exception& e)
     {
diff --git a/src/Gui/PythonDebugger.cpp b/src/Gui/PythonDebugger.cpp
index 8e8ecead1..48a688a35 100644
--- a/src/Gui/PythonDebugger.cpp
+++ b/src/Gui/PythonDebugger.cpp
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ void PythonDebugger::runFile(const QString& fn)
 {
     try {
         RunningState state(d->running);
-        Base::Interpreter().runFile((const char*)fn.toUtf8());
+        Base::Interpreter().runFile((const char*)fn.toUtf8(), true);
     }
     catch (const Base::PyException&) {
     }