diff --git a/js/grunt/Gruntfile.js b/js/grunt/Gruntfile.js
index e867a0a6a..a5e8761ab 100644
--- a/js/grunt/Gruntfile.js
+++ b/js/grunt/Gruntfile.js
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ var updatePhETiOSite = require( '../../../chipper/js/grunt/updatePhETiOSite' );
 var findDuplicates = require( '../../../chipper/js/grunt/findDuplicates' );
 var wrapperBuild = require( '../../../chipper/js/grunt/wrapperBuild' );
 var sortRequireStatements = require( '../../../chipper/js/grunt/sortRequireStatements' );
+var insertRequireStatement = require( '../../../chipper/js/grunt/insertRequireStatement' );
 var wrapperDeploy = require( '../../../chipper/js/grunt/wrapperDeploy' );
 var bumpVersion = require( '../../../chipper/js/grunt/bumpVersion' );
 
@@ -407,7 +408,13 @@ module.exports = function( grunt ) {
                                                  'This assumes the code is formatted  with IDEA code style and that ' +
                                                  'require statements take one line each (not split across lines).  The ' +
                                                  'files are overwritten.\n' +
-                                                 '--file (optional) absolute path of a single file to sort¬', function() {
-    sortRequireStatements( grunt, buildConfig );
+                                                 '--file (optional) absolute path of a single file to sort', function() {
+    sortRequireStatements( grunt, grunt.option( 'file' ) );
+  } );
+
+  grunt.registerTask( 'insert-require-statement', 'Insert a require statement into the specified file.\n' +
+                                                  '--file absolute path of a single file to sort\n' +
+                                                  '--name to be required', function() {
+    insertRequireStatement( grunt, buildConfig );
   } );
 };
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diff --git a/js/grunt/insertRequireStatement.js b/js/grunt/insertRequireStatement.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e614295d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/js/grunt/insertRequireStatement.js
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+// Copyright 2015, University of Colorado Boulder
+
+/**
+ * Inserts a require statement in the given file
+ *
+ * @author Sam Reid (PhET Interactive Simulations)
+ */
+
+var assert = require( 'assert' ); // eslint-disable-line require-statement-match
+var fs = require( 'fs' );
+var sortRequireStatements = require( '../../../chipper/js/grunt/sortRequireStatements' );
+
+// constants
+var KEY = ' = require( '; // the substring that is searched to find require statements
+
+/**
+ * @param grunt - the grunt instance
+ */
+module.exports = function( grunt ) {
+  'use strict';
+
+  // option to sort a single file
+  var file = grunt.option( 'file' );
+  var name = grunt.option( 'name' );
+
+  assert && assert( file, 'file should be defined' );
+  assert && assert( name, 'name should be defined' );
+
+  var activeSims = fs.readFileSync( '../chipper/data/active-repos' ).toString();
+  activeSims = activeSims.split( /\r?\n/ );
+  activeSims.length = activeSims.length - 1;
+
+  var simulationRoot = process.cwd();
+
+  var statement = null;
+  try {
+
+    // Search over all active sims for a require statement that matches the desired one
+    for ( var k = 0; k < activeSims.length; k++ ) {
+      var simPath = simulationRoot + '/../' + activeSims[ k ] + '/js';
+      if ( grunt.file.exists( simPath ) ) {
+        grunt.file.recurse( simPath, function( absolutePath ) {
+          var t = grunt.file.read( absolutePath, 'utf8' );
+          var index = t.indexOf( 'var ' + name + ' = require( \'' );
+          if ( index >= 0 ) {
+            var nextEndLine = t.indexOf( '\n', index );
+            var substring = t.substring( index, nextEndLine );
+
+            // poor man's way out of recursion
+            throw substring;
+          }
+        } );
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  catch( x ) {
+
+    // poor man's way out of recursion
+    console.log( x );
+    statement = x;
+  }
+
+  if ( !statement ) {
+    grunt.log.warn.log( 'no import found for ' + name );
+  }
+  else {
+
+    // read the file as text
+    var text = grunt.file.read( file ).toString();
+
+    // split by line
+    var lines = text.split( /\r?\n/ );
+
+    // full text
+    var result = [];
+    var inserted = false;
+
+    for ( var i = 0; i < lines.length; i++ ) {
+      var line = lines[ i ];
+
+      // If it was a require statement, store it for sorting.
+      if ( line.indexOf( KEY ) >= 0 && !inserted ) {
+        result.push( '  ' + statement );
+        inserted = true;
+      }
+      result.push( line );
+    }
+
+    grunt.file.write( file, result.join( '\n' ) );
+    console.log( 'inserted a require statements in ' + file );
+
+    // Make sure it ends up in the right place
+    sortRequireStatements( grunt, file );
+  }
+};
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diff --git a/js/grunt/sortRequireStatements.js b/js/grunt/sortRequireStatements.js
index b77cad12e..5efb633bc 100644
--- a/js/grunt/sortRequireStatements.js
+++ b/js/grunt/sortRequireStatements.js
@@ -14,8 +14,9 @@ var KEY = ' = require( '; // the substring that is searched to find require stat
 
 /**
  * @param grunt - the grunt instance
+ * @param {string} [file] - optional absolute path to the file to sort
  */
-module.exports = function( grunt ) {
+module.exports = function( grunt, file ) {
   'use strict';
 
   var sourceRoot = process.cwd() + '/js';
@@ -68,7 +69,6 @@ module.exports = function( grunt ) {
   };
 
   // option to sort a single file
-  var file = grunt.option( 'file' );
   if ( file ) {
     sortRequireStatementsForFile( file );
   }