diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9e59508..874e713 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 - save command strategy: 'pgrep'. It's here only if fallback is needed.
 - save command strategy: 'gdb'
 - rename default strategy name to 'ps'
+- create `expect` script that can fully restore tmux environment
 
 ### v1.3.0, 2014-09-20
 - remove dependency on `pgrep` command. Use `ps` for fetching process names.
diff --git a/scripts/restore.exp b/scripts/restore.exp
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..8664b1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/restore.exp
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env expect
+
+# start tmux
+spawn tmux -S/tmp/foo
+
+# delay with sleep to compensate for tmux starting time
+sleep 2
+
+# run restore script directly
+send "~/.tmux/plugins/tmux-resurrect/scripts/restore.sh\r"
+
+# long wait until tmux restore is complete
+# (things get messed up if expect client isn't attached)
+sleep 100