diff --git a/admin/vg-run.sh b/admin/vg-run.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f8d82040b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/admin/vg-run.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# vg-run.sh - convenience wrapper script to run an executable with valgrind
+#             using "typical options"; output goes to a logfile, which is
+#             fed to less afterwards.
+#
+#             a valgrind suppression file is generated automatically, in
+#             case there is an executable "vgsuppression" located in the same
+#             directory as the target executable
+#
+# Ichthyo 8/2007
+#
+LOGFILE=,valgrind.log
+SUPPRESS=vgsuppression
+VALGRINDFLAGS=${VALGRINDFLAGS:---leak-check=yes --show-reachable=yes --demangle=yes}
+
+EXECUTABLE=$1
+if [[ ! -x $EXECUTABLE ]]; then
+	echo -e "ERROR: executable \"$EXECUTABLE\" not found.\n\n"
+	exit -1
+fi
+
+
+PATHPREFIX=${EXECUTABLE%/*}
+SUPPRESS="$PATHPREFIX/$SUPPRESS"
+
+if [[ -x $SUPPRESS ]]; then
+	if [[ $SUPPRESS -nt $SUPPRESS.supp ]]; then
+		echo 'generating valgrind supression file...'
+
+		valgrind $VALGRINDFLAGS -q --gen-suppressions=all $SUPPRESS 2>&1 \
+			| awk '/^{/ {i = 1;} /^}/ {i = 0; print $0;} {if (i == 1) print $0;}' >$SUPPRESS.supp
+		echo 'done.'
+	fi
+      SUPPRESSIONFLAG="--suppressions=$SUPPRESS.supp"
+else
+	echo 'no suppression.'
+fi
+
+echo "running......$@"
+        
+valgrind $VALGRINDFLAGS --log-file=$LOGFILE.%p $SUPPRESSIONFLAG $@ &
+PID=$!
+wait $PID
+less $LOGFILE.$PID
+