diff --git a/passes/techmap/abc.cc b/passes/techmap/abc.cc
index b29480e26..9b156a2af 100644
--- a/passes/techmap/abc.cc
+++ b/passes/techmap/abc.cc
@@ -732,6 +732,8 @@ void abc_module(RTLIL::Design *design, RTLIL::Module *current_module, std::strin
 					abc_script += script_file[i];
 		} else
 			abc_script += stringf("source %s", script_file.c_str());
+	} else if (design->scratchpad.count("abc.script")) {
+		abc_script += design->scratchpad_get_string("abc.script");
 	} else if (!lut_costs.empty()) {
 		bool all_luts_cost_same = true;
 		for (int this_cost : lut_costs)
diff --git a/passes/techmap/abc9.cc b/passes/techmap/abc9.cc
index 8276c3c16..7fd235d6e 100644
--- a/passes/techmap/abc9.cc
+++ b/passes/techmap/abc9.cc
@@ -332,6 +332,8 @@ void abc9_module(RTLIL::Design *design, RTLIL::Module *current_module, std::stri
 					abc9_script += script_file[i];
 		} else
 			abc9_script += stringf("source %s", script_file.c_str());
+	} else if (design->scratchpad.count("abc9.script")) {
+		abc9_script += design->scratchpad_get_string("abc9.script");
 	} else if (!lut_costs.empty() || !lut_file.empty()) {
 		//bool all_luts_cost_same = true;
 		//for (int this_cost : lut_costs)