diff --git a/platypush/config/__init__.py b/platypush/config/__init__.py
index d1eb74473..8f4673ba5 100644
--- a/platypush/config/__init__.py
+++ b/platypush/config/__init__.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import importlib
 import inspect
 import logging
 import os
+import pathlib
 import pkgutil
 import re
 import socket
@@ -81,6 +82,11 @@ class Config(object):
             with open(init_py, 'w') as f:
                 f.write('# Auto-generated __init__.py - do not remove\n')
 
+        # Include scripts_dir parent in sys.path so members can be imported in scripts
+        # through the `scripts` package
+        scripts_parent_dir = str(pathlib.Path(self._config['scripts_dir']).absolute().parent)
+        sys.path = [scripts_parent_dir] + sys.path
+
         self._config['db'] = self._config.get('main.db', {
             'engine': 'sqlite:///' + os.path.join(
                 os.path.expanduser('~'), '.local', 'share', 'platypush', 'main.db')