diff --git a/README.asciidoc b/README.asciidoc
index 879463ed4..0e8464e23 100644
--- a/README.asciidoc
+++ b/README.asciidoc
@@ -42,9 +42,8 @@ Running qutebrowser
 
 After installing the <<requirements,requirements>>, you have these options:
 
-* Run qutebrowser directly via `python3 -m qutebrowser`. Note executing
-qutebrowser.py directly as script won't work, as Python won't recognize the
-module.
+* Run qutebrowser directly via `python3 qutebrowser.py` in the toplevel
+directory.
 * Run `python3 setup.py install` to install qutebrowser, then call
 `qutebrowser`.
 
diff --git a/qutebrowser.py b/qutebrowser.py
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..1c4688346
--- /dev/null
+++ b/qutebrowser.py
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python
+
+# vim: ft=python fileencoding=utf-8 sts=4 sw=4 et:
+
+# Copyright 2014 Florian Bruhin (The Compiler) <mail@qutebrowser.org>
+#
+# This file is part of qutebrowser.
+#
+# qutebrowser is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# qutebrowser is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with qutebrowser.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+"""Simple launcher for qutebrowser."""
+
+import qutebrowser.qutebrowser
+import sys
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    sys.exit(qutebrowser.qutebrowser.main())