diff --git a/ceph-maintainer-tool/build/build b/ceph-maintainer-tool/build/build
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# the following two methods exist in scripts/build_utils.sh
+pkgs=( "python-ldap" )
+TEMPVENV=$(create_venv_dir)
+VENV=${TEMPVENV}/bin
+
+install_python_packages $TEMPVENV "pkgs[@]"
+
+cd "$WORKSPACE/ceph/"
+#run maintainer tool script over ceph repo 
+$VENV/python "$WORKSPACE/ceph-maintainer-tool/maintainer-tool.py" src/pybind/mgr/
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