diff --git a/examples/python/route_guide/run_codegen.py b/examples/python/route_guide/run_codegen.py
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+# Copyright 2015 gRPC authors.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+"""Runs protoc with the gRPC plugin to generate messages and gRPC stubs."""
+
+from grpc_tools import protoc
+
+protoc.main((
+    '',
+    '-I../../protos',
+    '--python_out=.',
+    '--grpc_python_out=.',
+    '../../protos/route_guide.proto',
+))