diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ec74039..9bec4ff 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -236,24 +236,24 @@ gen-out-type = $(subst .,-,$(suffix $@))
 qapi-py = $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi.py $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/ordereddict.py
 
 qga/qapi-generated/qga-qapi-types.c qga/qapi-generated/qga-qapi-types.h :\
-$(SRC_PATH)/qga/qapi-schema.json $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-types.py $(qapi-py)
-	$(call quiet-command,$(PYTHON) $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-types.py $(gen-out-type) -o qga/qapi-generated -p "qga-" < $<, "  GEN   $@")
+$(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-types.py $(qapi-py)
+	$(call quiet-command,$(PYTHON) $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-types.py $(SRC_PATH)/qga/qapi-schema.json $(gen-out-type) -o qga/qapi-generated -p "qga-" < $<, "  GEN   $@")
 qga/qapi-generated/qga-qapi-visit.c qga/qapi-generated/qga-qapi-visit.h :\
-$(SRC_PATH)/qga/qapi-schema.json $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-visit.py $(qapi-py)
-	$(call quiet-command,$(PYTHON) $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-visit.py $(gen-out-type) -o qga/qapi-generated -p "qga-" < $<, "  GEN   $@")
+$(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-visit.py $(qapi-py)
+	$(call quiet-command,$(PYTHON) $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-visit.py $(SRC_PATH)/qga/qapi-schema.json $(gen-out-type) -o qga/qapi-generated -p "qga-" < $<, "  GEN   $@")
 qga/qapi-generated/qga-qmp-commands.h qga/qapi-generated/qga-qmp-marshal.c :\
-$(SRC_PATH)/qga/qapi-schema.json $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-commands.py $(qapi-py)
-	$(call quiet-command,$(PYTHON) $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-commands.py $(gen-out-type) -o qga/qapi-generated -p "qga-" < $<, "  GEN   $@")
+$(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-commands.py $(qapi-py)
+	$(call quiet-command,$(PYTHON) $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-commands.py $(SRC_PATH)/qga/qapi-schema.json $(gen-out-type) -o qga/qapi-generated -p "qga-" < $<, "  GEN   $@")
 
 qapi-types.c qapi-types.h :\
-$(SRC_PATH)/qapi-schema.json $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-types.py $(qapi-py)
-	$(call quiet-command,$(PYTHON) $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-types.py $(gen-out-type) -o "." -b < $<, "  GEN   $@")
+$(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-types.py $(qapi-py)
+	$(call quiet-command,$(PYTHON) $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-types.py $(SRC_PATH)/qapi-schema.json $(gen-out-type) -o "." -b < $<, "  GEN   $@")
 qapi-visit.c qapi-visit.h :\
-$(SRC_PATH)/qapi-schema.json $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-visit.py $(qapi-py)
-	$(call quiet-command,$(PYTHON) $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-visit.py $(gen-out-type) -o "." -b < $<, "  GEN   $@")
+$(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-visit.py $(qapi-py)
+	$(call quiet-command,$(PYTHON) $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-visit.py $(SRC_PATH)/qapi-schema.json $(gen-out-type) -o "." -b < $<, "  GEN   $@")
 qmp-commands.h qmp-marshal.c :\
-$(SRC_PATH)/qapi-schema.json $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-commands.py $(qapi-py)
-	$(call quiet-command,$(PYTHON) $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-commands.py $(gen-out-type) -m -o "." < $<, "  GEN   $@")
+$(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-commands.py $(qapi-py)
+	$(call quiet-command,$(PYTHON) $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-commands.py $(SRC_PATH)/qapi-schema.json $(gen-out-type) -m -o "." < $<, "  GEN   $@")
 
 QGALIB_GEN=$(addprefix qga/qapi-generated/, qga-qapi-types.h qga-qapi-visit.h qga-qmp-commands.h)
 $(qga-obj-y) qemu-ga.o: $(QGALIB_GEN)
diff --git a/scripts/qapi-commands.py b/scripts/qapi-commands.py
index 9734ab0..2995eab 100644
--- a/scripts/qapi-commands.py
+++ b/scripts/qapi-commands.py
@@ -369,13 +369,17 @@ def gen_command_def_prologue(prefix="", proxy=False):
 
 
 try:
-    opts, args = getopt.gnu_getopt(sys.argv[1:], "chp:o:m",
+    opts, args = getopt.gnu_getopt(sys.argv[2:], "chp:o:m",
                                    ["source", "header", "prefix=",
                                     "output-dir=", "type=", "middle"])
 except getopt.GetoptError, err:
     print str(err)
     sys.exit(1)
 
+if len(sys.argv) < 2:
+    print "The first argument must be the file name to parse"
+    sys.exit(1)
+
 output_dir = ""
 prefix = ""
 dispatch_type = "sync"
@@ -420,7 +424,7 @@ except os.error, e:
     if e.errno != errno.EEXIST:
         raise
 
-exprs = parse_schema(sys.stdin)
+exprs = parse_schema(sys.argv[1])
 commands = filter(lambda expr: expr.has_key('command'), exprs)
 commands = filter(lambda expr: not expr.has_key('gen'), commands)
 
diff --git a/scripts/qapi-types.py b/scripts/qapi-types.py
index 10864ef..07df991 100644
--- a/scripts/qapi-types.py
+++ b/scripts/qapi-types.py
@@ -279,13 +279,17 @@ void qapi_free_%(type)s(%(c_type)s obj)
 
 
 try:
-    opts, args = getopt.gnu_getopt(sys.argv[1:], "chbp:o:",
+    opts, args = getopt.gnu_getopt(sys.argv[2:], "chbp:o:",
                                    ["source", "header", "builtins",
                                     "prefix=", "output-dir="])
 except getopt.GetoptError, err:
     print str(err)
     sys.exit(1)
 
+if len(sys.argv) < 2:
+    print "The first argument must be the file name to parse"
+    sys.exit(1)
+
 output_dir = ""
 prefix = ""
 c_file = 'qapi-types.c'
@@ -378,7 +382,7 @@ fdecl.write(mcgen('''
 ''',
                   guard=guardname(h_file)))
 
-exprs = parse_schema(sys.stdin)
+exprs = parse_schema(sys.argv[1])
 exprs = filter(lambda expr: not expr.has_key('gen'), exprs)
 
 fdecl.write(guardstart("QAPI_TYPES_BUILTIN_STRUCT_DECL"))
diff --git a/scripts/qapi-visit.py b/scripts/qapi-visit.py
index 45ce3a9..cd53c97 100644
--- a/scripts/qapi-visit.py
+++ b/scripts/qapi-visit.py
@@ -397,13 +397,17 @@ void visit_type_%(name)s(Visitor *m, %(name)s * obj, const char *name, Error **e
                 name=name)
 
 try:
-    opts, args = getopt.gnu_getopt(sys.argv[1:], "chbp:o:",
+    opts, args = getopt.gnu_getopt(sys.argv[2:], "chbp:o:",
                                    ["source", "header", "builtins", "prefix=",
                                     "output-dir="])
 except getopt.GetoptError, err:
     print str(err)
     sys.exit(1)
 
+if len(sys.argv) < 2:
+    print "The first argument must be the file name to parse"
+    sys.exit(1)
+
 output_dir = ""
 prefix = ""
 c_file = 'qapi-visit.c'
@@ -494,7 +498,7 @@ fdecl.write(mcgen('''
 ''',
                   prefix=prefix, guard=guardname(h_file)))
 
-exprs = parse_schema(sys.stdin)
+exprs = parse_schema(sys.argv[1])
 
 # to avoid header dependency hell, we always generate declarations
 # for built-in types in our header files and simply guard them
diff --git a/scripts/qapi.py b/scripts/qapi.py
index b474c39..597042a 100644
--- a/scripts/qapi.py
+++ b/scripts/qapi.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 # See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
 
 from ordereddict import OrderedDict
+import os
 import sys
 
 builtin_types = [
@@ -35,6 +36,9 @@ builtin_type_qtypes = {
     'uint64':   'QTYPE_QINT',
 }
 
+def get_filename(path):
+    return os.path.split(path)[1]
+
 class QAPISchemaError(Exception):
     def __init__(self, schema, msg):
         self.fp = schema.fp
@@ -48,7 +52,8 @@ class QAPISchemaError(Exception):
                 self.col += 1
 
     def __str__(self):
-        return "%s:%s:%s: %s" % (self.fp.name, self.line, self.col, self.msg)
+        return "%s:%s:%s: %s" % (get_filename(self.fp.name),
+                                 self.line, self.col, self.msg)
 
 class QAPIExprError(Exception):
     def __init__(self, expr_info, msg):
@@ -57,7 +62,8 @@ class QAPIExprError(Exception):
         self.msg = msg
 
     def __str__(self):
-        return "%s:%s: %s" % (self.fp.name, self.line, self.msg)
+        return "%s:%s: %s" % (get_filename(self.fp.name),
+                              self.line, self.msg)
 
 class QAPISchema:
 
@@ -263,12 +269,19 @@ def check_exprs(schema):
         if expr.has_key('union'):
             check_union(expr, expr_elem['info'])
 
-def parse_schema(fp):
-    try:
-        schema = QAPISchema(fp)
-    except QAPISchemaError, e:
-        print >>sys.stderr, e
-        exit(1)
+def build_schema(path):
+    with open(path, "r") as fp:
+        try:
+            schema = QAPISchema(fp)
+        except QAPISchemaError, e:
+            print >>sys.stderr, e
+            exit(1)
+    return schema
+
+def parse_schema(path):
+    path = os.path.abspath(path)
+
+    schema = build_schema(path)
 
     exprs = []
 
diff --git a/tests/Makefile b/tests/Makefile
index 2d021fb..c4ed5c2 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile
+++ b/tests/Makefile
@@ -215,14 +215,14 @@ tests/test-vmstate$(EXESUF): tests/test-vmstate.o \
 	libqemuutil.a
 
 tests/test-qapi-types.c tests/test-qapi-types.h :\
-$(SRC_PATH)/tests/qapi-schema/qapi-schema-test.json $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-types.py
-	$(call quiet-command,$(PYTHON) $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-types.py $(gen-out-type) -o tests -p "test-" < $<, "  GEN   $@")
+$(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-types.py
+	$(call quiet-command,$(PYTHON) $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-types.py $(SRC_PATH)/tests/qapi-schema/qapi-schema-test.json $(gen-out-type) -o tests -p "test-" < $<, "  GEN   $@")
 tests/test-qapi-visit.c tests/test-qapi-visit.h :\
-$(SRC_PATH)/tests/qapi-schema/qapi-schema-test.json $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-visit.py
-	$(call quiet-command,$(PYTHON) $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-visit.py $(gen-out-type) -o tests -p "test-" < $<, "  GEN   $@")
+$(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-visit.py
+	$(call quiet-command,$(PYTHON) $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-visit.py $(SRC_PATH)/tests/qapi-schema/qapi-schema-test.json $(gen-out-type) -o tests -p "test-" < $<, "  GEN   $@")
 tests/test-qmp-commands.h tests/test-qmp-marshal.c :\
-$(SRC_PATH)/tests/qapi-schema/qapi-schema-test.json $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-commands.py
-	$(call quiet-command,$(PYTHON) $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-commands.py $(gen-out-type) -o tests -p "test-" < $<, "  GEN   $@")
+$(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-commands.py
+	$(call quiet-command,$(PYTHON) $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-commands.py $(SRC_PATH)/tests/qapi-schema/qapi-schema-test.json $(gen-out-type) -o tests -p "test-" < $<, "  GEN   $@")
 
 tests/test-string-output-visitor$(EXESUF): tests/test-string-output-visitor.o $(test-qapi-obj-y) libqemuutil.a libqemustub.a
 tests/test-string-input-visitor$(EXESUF): tests/test-string-input-visitor.o $(test-qapi-obj-y) libqemuutil.a libqemustub.a
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ check-tests/test-qapi.py: tests/test-qapi.py
 
 .PHONY: $(patsubst %, check-%, $(check-qapi-schema-y))
 $(patsubst %, check-%, $(check-qapi-schema-y)): check-%.json: $(SRC_PATH)/%.json
-	$(call quiet-command, PYTHONPATH=$(SRC_PATH)/scripts $(PYTHON) $(SRC_PATH)/tests/qapi-schema/test-qapi.py <$^ >$*.test.out 2>$*.test.err; echo $$? >$*.test.exit, "  TEST  $*.out")
+	$(call quiet-command, PYTHONPATH=$(SRC_PATH)/scripts $(PYTHON) $(SRC_PATH)/tests/qapi-schema/test-qapi.py $^ >$*.test.out 2>$*.test.err; echo $$? >$*.test.exit, "  TEST  $*.out")
 	@diff -q $(SRC_PATH)/$*.out $*.test.out
 	@diff -q $(SRC_PATH)/$*.err $*.test.err
 	@diff -q $(SRC_PATH)/$*.exit $*.test.exit
diff --git a/tests/qapi-schema/duplicate-key.err b/tests/qapi-schema/duplicate-key.err
index 0801c6a..21303ef 100644
--- a/tests/qapi-schema/duplicate-key.err
+++ b/tests/qapi-schema/duplicate-key.err
@@ -1 +1 @@
-<stdin>:2:10: Duplicate key "key"
+duplicate-key.json:2:10: Duplicate key "key"
diff --git a/tests/qapi-schema/flat-union-invalid-branch-key.err b/tests/qapi-schema/flat-union-invalid-branch-key.err
index 1125caf..34b4584 100644
--- a/tests/qapi-schema/flat-union-invalid-branch-key.err
+++ b/tests/qapi-schema/flat-union-invalid-branch-key.err
@@ -1 +1 @@
-<stdin>:13: Discriminator value 'value_wrong' is not found in enum 'TestEnum'
+flat-union-invalid-branch-key.json:13: Discriminator value 'value_wrong' is not found in enum 'TestEnum'
diff --git a/tests/qapi-schema/flat-union-invalid-discriminator.err b/tests/qapi-schema/flat-union-invalid-discriminator.err
index cad9dbf..b6ce3b7 100644
--- a/tests/qapi-schema/flat-union-invalid-discriminator.err
+++ b/tests/qapi-schema/flat-union-invalid-discriminator.err
@@ -1 +1 @@
-<stdin>:13: Discriminator 'enum_wrong' is not a member of base type 'TestBase'
+flat-union-invalid-discriminator.json:13: Discriminator 'enum_wrong' is not a member of base type 'TestBase'
diff --git a/tests/qapi-schema/flat-union-no-base.err b/tests/qapi-schema/flat-union-no-base.err
index e2d7443..7929455 100644
--- a/tests/qapi-schema/flat-union-no-base.err
+++ b/tests/qapi-schema/flat-union-no-base.err
@@ -1 +1 @@
-<stdin>:7: Flat union 'TestUnion' must have a base field
+flat-union-no-base.json:7: Flat union 'TestUnion' must have a base field
diff --git a/tests/qapi-schema/flat-union-string-discriminator.err b/tests/qapi-schema/flat-union-string-discriminator.err
index 8748270..fc1e2d5 100644
--- a/tests/qapi-schema/flat-union-string-discriminator.err
+++ b/tests/qapi-schema/flat-union-string-discriminator.err
@@ -1 +1 @@
-<stdin>:13: Discriminator 'kind' must be of enumeration type
+flat-union-string-discriminator.json:13: Discriminator 'kind' must be of enumeration type
diff --git a/tests/qapi-schema/funny-char.err b/tests/qapi-schema/funny-char.err
index d3dd293..ee65869 100644
--- a/tests/qapi-schema/funny-char.err
+++ b/tests/qapi-schema/funny-char.err
@@ -1 +1 @@
-<stdin>:2:36: Stray ";"
+funny-char.json:2:36: Stray ";"
diff --git a/tests/qapi-schema/missing-colon.err b/tests/qapi-schema/missing-colon.err
index 9f2a355..676cce5 100644
--- a/tests/qapi-schema/missing-colon.err
+++ b/tests/qapi-schema/missing-colon.err
@@ -1 +1 @@
-<stdin>:1:10: Expected ":"
+missing-colon.json:1:10: Expected ":"
diff --git a/tests/qapi-schema/missing-comma-list.err b/tests/qapi-schema/missing-comma-list.err
index 4fe0700..d0ed8c3 100644
--- a/tests/qapi-schema/missing-comma-list.err
+++ b/tests/qapi-schema/missing-comma-list.err
@@ -1 +1 @@
-<stdin>:2:20: Expected "," or "]"
+missing-comma-list.json:2:20: Expected "," or "]"
diff --git a/tests/qapi-schema/missing-comma-object.err b/tests/qapi-schema/missing-comma-object.err
index b0121b5..ad9b457 100644
--- a/tests/qapi-schema/missing-comma-object.err
+++ b/tests/qapi-schema/missing-comma-object.err
@@ -1 +1 @@
-<stdin>:2:3: Expected "," or "}"
+missing-comma-object.json:2:3: Expected "," or "}"
diff --git a/tests/qapi-schema/non-objects.err b/tests/qapi-schema/non-objects.err
index a6c2dc2..e958cf0 100644
--- a/tests/qapi-schema/non-objects.err
+++ b/tests/qapi-schema/non-objects.err
@@ -1 +1 @@
-<stdin>:1:1: Expected "{"
+non-objects.json:1:1: Expected "{"
diff --git a/tests/qapi-schema/quoted-structural-chars.err b/tests/qapi-schema/quoted-structural-chars.err
index a6c2dc2..77732d0 100644
--- a/tests/qapi-schema/quoted-structural-chars.err
+++ b/tests/qapi-schema/quoted-structural-chars.err
@@ -1 +1 @@
-<stdin>:1:1: Expected "{"
+quoted-structural-chars.json:1:1: Expected "{"
diff --git a/tests/qapi-schema/test-qapi.py b/tests/qapi-schema/test-qapi.py
index ac6da13..4f217d2 100644
--- a/tests/qapi-schema/test-qapi.py
+++ b/tests/qapi-schema/test-qapi.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ from pprint import pprint
 import sys
 
 try:
-    exprs = parse_schema(sys.stdin)
+    exprs = parse_schema(sys.argv[1])
 except SystemExit:
     raise
 except Exception, e:
diff --git a/tests/qapi-schema/trailing-comma-list.err b/tests/qapi-schema/trailing-comma-list.err
index ff839a3..13b79f9 100644
--- a/tests/qapi-schema/trailing-comma-list.err
+++ b/tests/qapi-schema/trailing-comma-list.err
@@ -1 +1 @@
-<stdin>:2:36: Expected "{", "[" or string
+trailing-comma-list.json:2:36: Expected "{", "[" or string
diff --git a/tests/qapi-schema/trailing-comma-object.err b/tests/qapi-schema/trailing-comma-object.err
index f540962..d1d57f0 100644
--- a/tests/qapi-schema/trailing-comma-object.err
+++ b/tests/qapi-schema/trailing-comma-object.err
@@ -1 +1 @@
-<stdin>:2:38: Expected string
+trailing-comma-object.json:2:38: Expected string
diff --git a/tests/qapi-schema/unclosed-list.err b/tests/qapi-schema/unclosed-list.err
index 0e837a7..1a699a2 100644
--- a/tests/qapi-schema/unclosed-list.err
+++ b/tests/qapi-schema/unclosed-list.err
@@ -1 +1 @@
-<stdin>:1:20: Expected "," or "]"
+unclosed-list.json:1:20: Expected "," or "]"
diff --git a/tests/qapi-schema/unclosed-object.err b/tests/qapi-schema/unclosed-object.err
index e6dc950..3ddb126 100644
--- a/tests/qapi-schema/unclosed-object.err
+++ b/tests/qapi-schema/unclosed-object.err
@@ -1 +1 @@
-<stdin>:1:21: Expected "," or "}"
+unclosed-object.json:1:21: Expected "," or "}"
diff --git a/tests/qapi-schema/unclosed-string.err b/tests/qapi-schema/unclosed-string.err
index 948d883..cdd3dca 100644
--- a/tests/qapi-schema/unclosed-string.err
+++ b/tests/qapi-schema/unclosed-string.err
@@ -1 +1 @@
-<stdin>:1:11: Missing terminating "'"
+unclosed-string.json:1:11: Missing terminating "'"
diff --git a/tests/qapi-schema/union-invalid-base.err b/tests/qapi-schema/union-invalid-base.err
index dd8e3d1..5e38b12 100644
--- a/tests/qapi-schema/union-invalid-base.err
+++ b/tests/qapi-schema/union-invalid-base.err
@@ -1 +1 @@
-<stdin>:7: Base 'TestBaseWrong' is not a valid type
+union-invalid-base.json:7: Base 'TestBaseWrong' is not a valid type
