diff --git a/artiq/frontend/artiq_netboot.py b/artiq/frontend/artiq_netboot.py
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..ef36ad743
--- /dev/null
+++ b/artiq/frontend/artiq_netboot.py
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+import argparse
+import socket
+import struct
+import os
+import time
+
+def main():
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="ARTIQ netboot tool")
+    parser.add_argument("hostname", metavar="HOSTNAME",
+                        help="hostname of the target board")
+    parser.add_argument("-f", "--firmware", nargs=1,
+                        help="firmware to load")
+    parser.add_argument("-b", "--boot", action="store_true",
+                        help="boot the device")
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    sock = socket.create_connection((args.hostname, 4269))
+    try:
+        if args.firmware is not None:
+            with open(args.firmware[0], "rb") as input_file:
+                sock.sendall(b"F")
+                sock.sendall(struct.pack(">I", os.fstat(input_file.fileno()).st_size))
+                while True:
+                    data = input_file.read(4096)
+                    if not data:
+                        break
+                    sock.sendall(data)
+                sock.sendall(b"OK")
+        if args.boot:
+            sock.sendall(b"B")
+    finally:
+        sock.close()
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 7137bce4f..da895fa89 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ console_scripts = [
     "artiq_coremgmt = artiq.frontend.artiq_coremgmt:main",
     "artiq_ctlmgr = artiq.frontend.artiq_ctlmgr:main",
     "artiq_ddb_template = artiq.frontend.artiq_ddb_template:main",
+    "artiq_netboot = artiq.frontend.artiq_netboot:main",
     "artiq_devtool = artiq.frontend.artiq_devtool:main",
     "artiq_influxdb = artiq.frontend.artiq_influxdb:main",
     "artiq_influxdb_schedule = artiq.frontend.artiq_influxdb_schedule:main",