diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ad67955..9393706 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ target
 # These are backup files generated by rustfmt
 **/*.rs.bk
 
+# Python bytecode caches
+__pycache__/
+
 # MSVC Windows builds of rustc generate these, which store debugging information
 *.pdb
 
diff --git a/scripts/read-mavlink.py b/scripts/read-mavlink.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..674d1d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/read-mavlink.py
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+# NixOS: nix-shell -p 'python313.withPackages (ps: [ ps.pymavlink ps.pyserial ])' --run './scripts/read-mavlink.py /dev/ttyUSB0'
+
+import sys
+
+from pymavlink import mavutil
+
+if len(sys.argv) != 2:
+    sys.exit(f"usage: {sys.argv[0]} <serial-device>")
+
+connection = mavutil.mavlink_connection(sys.argv[1], baud=115200)
+while message := connection.recv_match(blocking=True):
+    print(message)