diff --git a/test/py/TestSyntax.py b/test/py/TestSyntax.py
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+++ b/test/py/TestSyntax.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+import sys, glob
+sys.path.insert(0, './gen-py')
+sys.path.insert(0, glob.glob('../../lib/py/build/lib.*')[0])
+
+# Just import these generated files to make sure they are syntactically valid
+from DebugProtoTest import EmptyService