diff --git a/bin/start-akka-server.sh b/bin/start-akka-server.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d16f9a1bdb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/start-akka-server.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+if [ $# -gt 1 ];
+then
+	echo 'USAGE: bin/start-akka-server.sh [akka_home]'
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+base_dir=$(dirname $0)/..
+
+for file in $base_dir/lib/*.jar;
+do
+  CLASSPATH=$CLASSPATH:$file
+done
+
+java -Xmx1G -server -cp $CLASSPATH -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote com.scalablesolutions.akka.Boot com.scalablesolutions.akka.kernel.Kernel ${1}