diff --git a/bin/netdisco-daemon b/bin/netdisco-daemon
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..7591827e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/netdisco-daemon
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+#!/usr/bin/env perl
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+
+use File::Spec;
+use Cwd 'realpath';
+
+use FindBin;
+FindBin::again();
+
+my $backend =
+  File::Spec->catfile(
+    (File::Spec->splitpath(
+      realpath(File::Spec->catfile( $FindBin::RealBin, $FindBin::RealScript ))
+    ))[1],
+  'netdisco-backend');
+
+exec {$backend} 'netdisco-backend', @ARGV;
diff --git a/bin/netdisco-daemon-fg b/bin/netdisco-daemon-fg
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..fefbe258
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/netdisco-daemon-fg
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+#!/usr/bin/env perl
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+
+use File::Spec;
+use Cwd 'realpath';
+
+use FindBin;
+FindBin::again();
+
+my $backend =
+  File::Spec->catfile(
+    (File::Spec->splitpath(
+      realpath(File::Spec->catfile( $FindBin::RealBin, $FindBin::RealScript ))
+    ))[1],
+  'netdisco-backend-fg');
+
+exec {$backend} 'netdisco-backend-fg', @ARGV;