diff --git a/openerp/cli/shell.py b/openerp/cli/shell.py
index 2e11645032d..76e715135cd 100644
--- a/openerp/cli/shell.py
+++ b/openerp/cli/shell.py
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ class Shell(Command):
 
     def console(self, local_vars):
         if not os.isatty(sys.stdin.fileno()):
+            local_vars['__name__'] = '__main__'
             exec sys.stdin in local_vars
         else:
             if 'env' not in local_vars: