1 files changed, 27 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/imcp b/imcp
index 5b91bc26c6d7..dd8f5bbfbf7d 100755
--- a/imcp
+++ b/imcp
@@ -1,10 +1,33 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python3
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+#!/usr/bin/python
+# EASY-INSTALL-ENTRY-SCRIPT: 'fslpy==3.2.2','console_scripts','imcp'
 import re
 import sys
 
-from fsl.scripts.imcp import main
+# for compatibility with easy_install; see #2198
+__requires__ = 'fslpy==3.2.2'
+
+try:
+    from importlib.metadata import distribution
+except ImportError:
+    try:
+        from importlib_metadata import distribution
+    except ImportError:
+        from pkg_resources import load_entry_point
+
+
+def importlib_load_entry_point(spec, group, name):
+    dist_name, _, _ = spec.partition('==')
+    matches = (
+        entry_point
+        for entry_point in distribution(dist_name).entry_points
+        if entry_point.group == group and entry_point.name == name
+    )
+    return next(matches).load()
+
+
+globals().setdefault('load_entry_point', importlib_load_entry_point)
+
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     sys.argv[0] = re.sub(r'(-script\.pyw?|\.exe)?$', '', sys.argv[0])
-    sys.exit(main())
+    sys.exit(load_entry_point('fslpy==3.2.2', 'console_scripts', 'imcp')())