diff --git a/bootstrap/README.rst b/bootstrap/README.rst
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+These are some utilities to help with bootstrapping a new MBS instance.
+
+Usage::
+
+    $ python export-dev-pdc.py
+    $ python import-to-pdc.py staging <AUTH_TOKEN>
diff --git a/bootstrap/base-runtime-master-3.json b/bootstrap/base-runtime-master-3.json
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+{
+  "variant_uid": "base-runtime-master-3", 
+  "variant_release": "3", 
+  "variant_name": "base-runtime", 
+  "build_deps": [], 
+  "variant_type": "module", 
+  "modulemd": "document: modulemd\r\nversion: 1\r\ndata:\r\n    name: base-runtime\r\n    stream: master\r\n    version: 3\r\n    summary: A fake base-runtime module, used to bootstrap the infrastructure.\r\n    description: ...\r\n    xmd:\r\n        mbs_commit: ae993ba84f4bce554471382ccba917ef16265f11\r\n        mbs_buildrequires:\r\n            base-runtime:\r\n                ref: ae993ba84f4bce554471382ccba917ef16265f11\r\n                stream: master\r\n                version: 3\r\n    profiles:\r\n        buildroot:\r\n            rpms:\r\n                - bash\r\n                - bzip2\r\n                - coreutils\r\n                - cpio\r\n                - diffutils\r\n                - fedora-release\r\n                - findutils\r\n                - gawk\r\n                - gcc\r\n                - gcc-c++\r\n                - grep\r\n                - gzip\r\n                - info\r\n                - make\r\n                - patch\r\n                - redhat-rpm-config\r\n                - rpm-build\r\n                - sed\r\n                - shadow-utils\r\n                - tar\r\n                - unzip\r\n                - util-linux\r\n                - which\r\n                - xz\r\n        srpm-buildroot:\r\n            rpms:\r\n                - bash\r\n                - fedora-release\r\n                - fedpkg-minimal\r\n                - gnupg2\r\n                - redhat-rpm-config\r\n                - rpm-build\r\n                - shadow-utils", 
+  "koji_tag": "module-base-runtime-master-3", 
+  "runtime_deps": [], 
+  "variant_id": "base-runtime", 
+  "variant_version": "master"
+}
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diff --git a/bootstrap/export-dev-pdc.py b/bootstrap/export-dev-pdc.py
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+import json
+import requests
+
+url = 'http://modularity.fedorainfracloud.org:8080/rest_api/v1/unreleasedvariants/'
+params = dict(variant_uid='base-runtime-master-3')
+print("Querying %r with %r" % (url, params))
+response = requests.get(url, params=params)
+data = response.json()
+entry = data['results'][0]
+filename = 'base-runtime-master-3.json'
+with open(filename, 'w') as f:
+    f.write(json.dumps(entry, indent=2))
+print("Wrote %s" % filename)
diff --git a/bootstrap/import-to-pdc.py b/bootstrap/import-to-pdc.py
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+import json
+import requests
+import os
+import sys
+
+import pdc_client
+
+servername, token = sys.argv[-2], sys.argv[-1]
+
+if os.path.basename(__file__) in (servername, token,):
+    raise ValueError("Provide a PDC server name defined in /etc/pdc.d/ and a token")
+
+filename = 'base-runtime-master-3.json'
+print("Reading %s" % filename)
+with open(filename, 'r') as f:
+    entry = json.loads(f.read())
+
+print("Connecting to PDC server %r with token %r" % (servername, token))
+pdc = pdc_client.PDCClient(servername, token=token)
+
+print("Submitting POST.")
+pdc['unreleasedvariants']._(entry)
+print("Done.")