diff --git a/pelab/libnetmon/instrument-simple.sh b/pelab/libnetmon/instrument-simple.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=.:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
+export LD_PRELOAD=libnetmon.so
+if [ "x$LIBNETMON_OUTPUTVERSION" = "x" ]; then
+    export LIBNETMON_OUTPUTVERSION=3
+else
+    export LIBNETMON_OUTPUTVERSION
+fi
+
+$*