diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 592cb8a8f0..b68451ece1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ compile_commands.json
 .clangd
 .idea/
 cmake-build-debug/
+run-local.sh
 sync-local.sh
 .vim/
 
diff --git a/Meta/run.sh b/Meta/run.sh
index 05142d97dd..f0f7784956 100755
--- a/Meta/run.sh
+++ b/Meta/run.sh
@@ -8,6 +8,12 @@ die() {
     exit 1
 }
 
+SCRIPT_DIR="$(dirname "${0}")"
+
+# https://www.shellcheck.net/wiki/SC1090 No need to shellcheck private config.
+# shellcheck source=/dev/null
+[ -x "$SCRIPT_DIR/../run-local.sh" ] && . "$SCRIPT_DIR/../run-local.sh"
+
 #SERENITY_PACKET_LOGGING_ARG="-object filter-dump,id=hue,netdev=breh,file=e1000.pcap"
 
 KVM_SUPPORT="0"
@@ -26,8 +32,6 @@ if [ "$(uname)" = "Darwin" ] && [ "$(uname -m)" = "x86_64" ]; then
     fi
 fi
 
-SCRIPT_DIR="$(dirname "${0}")"
-
 # Prepend the toolchain qemu directory so we pick up QEMU from there
 PATH="$SCRIPT_DIR/../Toolchain/Local/qemu/bin:$PATH"