diff --git a/utils/lit/tests/lit.cfg b/utils/lit/tests/lit.cfg
index b32c354fbb4..32760ceb273 100644
--- a/utils/lit/tests/lit.cfg
+++ b/utils/lit/tests/lit.cfg
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ config.test_exec_root = config.test_source_root
 config.target_triple = None
 
 src_root = os.path.join(config.test_source_root, '..')
+config.environment['PYTHONPATH'] = src_root
 config.substitutions.append(('%{src_root}', src_root))
 config.substitutions.append(('%{inputs}', os.path.join(
             src_root, 'tests', 'Inputs')))
diff --git a/utils/lit/tests/shell-parsing.py b/utils/lit/tests/shell-parsing.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f644132f29d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/lit/tests/shell-parsing.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Just run the ShUtil unit tests.
+#
+# RUN: python -m lit.ShUtil