diff --git a/client/bin/autotest_utils.py b/client/bin/autotest_utils.py
index a3bf50b..bc4f117 100755
--- a/client/bin/autotest_utils.py
+++ b/client/bin/autotest_utils.py
@@ -509,3 +509,8 @@
 	results = []
 	for result in pattern.findall(results):
 		results.append(tuple([to_seconds(elt) for elt in result]))
+
+
+def pickle_load(filename):
+	return pickle.load(open(filename, 'r'))
+