diff --git a/adapters/wizard.py b/adapters/wizard.py
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+import argparse
+import subprocess
+import sys
+import os
+import shlex
+
+# shlex.split() splits according to shell quoting rules
+WIZARD = shlex.split(os.getenv("TEST_RUNTIME_EXE", "wizeng.x86-64-linux"))
+
+parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+parser.add_argument("--version", action="store_true")
+parser.add_argument("--test-file", action="store")
+parser.add_argument("--arg", action="append", default=[])
+parser.add_argument("--env", action="append", default=[])
+parser.add_argument("--dir", action="append", default=[])
+
+args = parser.parse_args()
+
+if args.version:
+    # ensure no args when version is queried
+    subprocess.run(WIZARD[0:1] + ["-version"])
+    sys.exit(0)
+
+TEST_FILE = args.test_file
+PROG_ARGS = args.arg
+ENV_ARGS = None if len(args.env) == 0 else f'--env={",".join(args.env)}'
+DIR_ARGS = None if len(args.dir) == 0 else f'--dir={",".join(args.dir)}'
+
+r = subprocess.run([arg for arg in WIZARD + [ENV_ARGS, DIR_ARGS, TEST_FILE] + PROG_ARGS if arg])
+sys.exit(r.returncode)