diff --git a/lib/__init__.py b/lib/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/scripts/manage_inventory.py b/lib/manage.py
similarity index 100%
rename from scripts/manage_inventory.py
rename to lib/manage.py
diff --git a/scripts/inventory-manage.py b/scripts/inventory-manage.py
index 29216b044c..305ad82666 100755
--- a/scripts/inventory-manage.py
+++ b/scripts/inventory-manage.py
@@ -20,10 +20,17 @@
 """Returns data about containers and groups in tabular formats."""
 
 # NOTE(nrb/palendae): The contents of this file were moved
-# to manage_inventory.py in order to facilitate importing of the python code
+# to manage.py in order to facilitate importing of the python code
 
 # This file remains for backwards compatibility
-import manage_inventory
+import os
+import sys
+
+cwd = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
+import_path = os.path.join(cwd, '..', 'lib')
+sys.path.append(import_path)
+
+import manage
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-        manage_inventory.main()
+        manage.main()
diff --git a/tests/test_manage.py b/tests/test_manage.py
index 0d1f2453fc..d5ffabaaef 100644
--- a/tests/test_manage.py
+++ b/tests/test_manage.py
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@ import sys
 import test_inventory
 import unittest
 
-MANAGE_DIR = path.join(os.getcwd(), 'scripts')
+MANAGE_DIR = path.join(os.getcwd(), 'lib')
 
 sys.path.append(MANAGE_DIR)
 
-import manage_inventory as mi
+import manage as mi
 
 
 def setUpModule():
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 0aa390f1e8..55932cd199 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ commands =
     coverage report --show-missing --include={toxinidir}/playbooks/inventory/*
     coverage erase
     coverage run {toxinidir}/tests/test_manage.py
-    coverage report --show-missing --include={toxinidir}/scripts/*
+    coverage report --show-missing --include={toxinidir}/lib/*
 
 
 [testenv:linters]