diff --git a/util/activate_wsl.sh b/util/activate_wsl.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a6ed9b712
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/activate_wsl.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+util_dir=~/qmk_utils
+download_dir=$util_dir/wsl_downloaded
+
+export DFU_PROGRAMMER=$download_dir/dfu-programmer/dfu-programmer.exe
+export DFU_UTIL=$download_dir/dfu-util-0.9-win64/dfu-util.exe
+export TEENSY_LOADER_CLI=$download_dir/teensy_loader_cli.exe
+export BATCHISP=$download_dir/Flip/bin/batchisp.exe
+
+
+
diff --git a/util/wsl_install.sh b/util/wsl_install.sh
index 0964929e7..314f520b9 100644
--- a/util/wsl_install.sh
+++ b/util/wsl_install.sh
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ function install_utils {
 
 function install_drivers {
     pushd $download_dir
-    cp ../drivers.txt .
     cmd.exe /C qmk_driver_installer.exe $1 $2 ../drivers.txt
     popd > /dev/null
 }
@@ -101,5 +100,11 @@ while true; do
     esac
 done
 
+echo 
+echo "Creating a softlink to the utils directory as ~/qmk_utils."
+echo "This is needed so that the the make system can find all utils it need."
+read -p "Press any key to continue (ctrl-c to abort)"
+ln -sf "$dir" ~/qmk_utils
+
 popd > /dev/null