diff --git a/src/test/igmp/__init__.py b/src/test/igmp/__init__.py
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+import os,sys
+##add the python path to lookup the utils
+working_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(sys.argv[-1]))
+utils_dir = os.path.join(working_dir, '../utils')
+__path__.append(utils_dir)