3 files changed, 13 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/player/command.c b/player/command.c
index 2296c97f7b..d49b844caf 100644
--- a/player/command.c
+++ b/player/command.c
@@ -5472,6 +5472,13 @@ int run_command(struct MPContext *mpctx, struct mp_cmd *cmd, struct mpv_node *re
         break;
     }
 
+    case MP_CMD_LOAD_SCRIPT: {
+        char *script = cmd->args[0].v.s;
+        if (mp_load_script(mpctx, script) < 0)
+            return -1;
+        break;
+    }
+
     default:
         MP_VERBOSE(mpctx, "Received unknown cmd %s\n", cmd->name);
         return -1;
diff --git a/player/core.h b/player/core.h
index d67a9d62ad..53e6e6f99c 100644
--- a/player/core.h
+++ b/player/core.h
@@ -550,6 +550,7 @@ struct mp_scripting {
 };
 void mp_load_scripts(struct MPContext *mpctx);
 void mp_load_builtin_scripts(struct MPContext *mpctx);
+int mp_load_script(struct MPContext *mpctx, const char *fname);
 
 // sub.c
 void reset_subtitle_state(struct MPContext *mpctx);
diff --git a/player/scripting.c b/player/scripting.c
index b6ba69ac07..76395c6ad6 100644
--- a/player/scripting.c
+++ b/player/scripting.c
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ static void wait_loaded(struct MPContext *mpctx)
     mp_wakeup_core(mpctx); // avoid lost wakeups during waiting
 }
 
-static void mp_load_script(struct MPContext *mpctx, const char *fname)
+int mp_load_script(struct MPContext *mpctx, const char *fname)
 {
     char *ext = mp_splitext(fname, NULL);
     const struct mp_scripting *backend = NULL;
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ static void mp_load_script(struct MPContext *mpctx, const char *fname)
 
     if (!backend) {
         MP_VERBOSE(mpctx, "Can't load unknown script: %s\n", fname);
-        return;
+        return -1;
     }
 
     struct thread_arg *arg = talloc_ptrtype(NULL, arg);
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ static void mp_load_script(struct MPContext *mpctx, const char *fname)
     };
     if (!arg->client) {
         talloc_free(arg);
-        return;
+        return -1;
     }
     arg->log = mp_client_get_log(arg->client);
 
@@ -139,13 +139,13 @@ static void mp_load_script(struct MPContext *mpctx, const char *fname)
     if (pthread_create(&thread, NULL, script_thread, arg)) {
         mpv_detach_destroy(arg->client);
         talloc_free(arg);
-        return;
+        return -1;
     }
 
     wait_loaded(mpctx);
     MP_VERBOSE(mpctx, "Done loading %s.\n", fname);
 
-    return;
+    return 0;
 }
 
 static int compare_filename(const void *pa, const void *pb)