diff --git a/lib/py/src/TSCons.py b/lib/py/src/TSCons.py
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+++ b/lib/py/src/TSCons.py
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+from SCons.Builder import Builder
+
+def scons_env(env):
+  cppbuild = Builder(action = 'thrift --cpp $SOURCE')
+  env.Append(BUILDERS = {'ThriftCpp' : cppbuild})
+
+def gen_cpp(env, dir, file):
+  scons_env(env)
+  suffixes = ['_types.h', '_types.cpp']
+  targets = map(lambda s: 'gen-cpp/' + file + s, suffixes)
+  return env.ThriftCpp(targets, dir+file+'.thrift')