diff --git a/bootstrap/activate-in-pdc.py b/bootstrap/activate-in-pdc.py
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+import json
+import requests
+import os
+import sys
+
+import pdc_client
+
+servername, token, variant_uid = sys.argv[-3], 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")
+
+print("Connecting to PDC server %r with token %r" % (servername, token))
+pdc = pdc_client.PDCClient(servername, token=token)
+
+print("Querying for %r to see if it is inactive" % variant_uid)
+obj = pdc['unreleasedvariants'][variant_uid]()
+assert obj['active'] == False, obj['active']
+
+print("Submitting PATCH to activate.")
+pdc['unreleasedvariants'][variant_uid] += {'variant_uid': variant_uid, 'active': True}
+print("Done.")