diff --git a/libs/esl/lua/Makefile b/libs/esl/lua/Makefile
index f77a2b1431..c33853bfa7 100644
--- a/libs/esl/lua/Makefile
+++ b/libs/esl/lua/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 LOCAL_CFLAGS=
-LOCAL_LDFLAGS=-llua
+LOCAL_LDFLAGS=-llua -lpthread
 WRAP_GCC_WARNING_SILENCE=-Wno-unused-function
 
 all: ESL.so
diff --git a/libs/esl/lua/single_command.lua b/libs/esl/lua/single_command.lua
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..bff4b324e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/esl/lua/single_command.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/usr/local/bin/lua 
+require("ESL") 
+
+local command = arg[1];
+table.remove(arg, 1);
+local args = table.concat(arg, " ");
+
+local con = ESL.ESLconnection("localhost", "8021", "ClueCon");
+local e = con:api(command, args);
+print(e:getBody());