diff --git a/scripts/export_import_between_pageservers.py b/scripts/export_import_between_pageservers.py
index 152ce40cea..1734038661 100755
--- a/scripts/export_import_between_pageservers.py
+++ b/scripts/export_import_between_pageservers.py
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ def pack_base(log_dir, restored_dir, output_tar):
     shutil.move(tmp_tar_path, output_tar)
 
 
-def reconstruct_paths(log_dir, pg_bin, base_tar):
+def reconstruct_paths(log_dir, pg_bin, base_tar, port: int):
     """Reconstruct what relation files should exist in the datadir by querying postgres."""
     with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as restored_dir:
         # Unpack the base tar
@@ -378,8 +378,7 @@ def reconstruct_paths(log_dir, pg_bin, base_tar):
 
         # Start a vanilla postgres from the given datadir and query it to find
         # what relfiles should exist, but possibly don't.
-        port = "55439"  # Probably free
-        with VanillaPostgres(restored_dir, pg_bin, port, init=False) as vanilla_pg:
+        with VanillaPostgres(Path(restored_dir), pg_bin, port, init=False) as vanilla_pg:
             vanilla_pg.configure([f"port={port}"])
             vanilla_pg.start(log_path=os.path.join(log_dir, "tmp_pg.log"))
 
@@ -443,8 +442,8 @@ def touch_missing_rels(log_dir, corrupt_tar, output_tar, paths):
 #      a vanilla postgres from the exported datadir, and query it
 #      to see what empty relations are missing, and then create
 #      those empty files before importing.
-def add_missing_rels(base_tar, output_tar, log_dir, pg_bin):
-    reconstructed_paths = set(reconstruct_paths(log_dir, pg_bin, base_tar))
+def add_missing_rels(base_tar, output_tar, log_dir, pg_bin, tmp_pg_port: int):
+    reconstructed_paths = set(reconstruct_paths(log_dir, pg_bin, base_tar, tmp_pg_port))
     touch_missing_rels(log_dir, base_tar, output_tar, reconstructed_paths)
 
 
@@ -535,7 +534,7 @@ def export_timeline(
 
     # Add missing rels
     pg_bin = PgBin(args.work_dir, args.pg_distrib_dir, pg_version)
-    add_missing_rels(incomplete_filename, tar_filename, args.work_dir, pg_bin)
+    add_missing_rels(incomplete_filename, tar_filename, args.work_dir, pg_bin, args.tmp_pg_port)
 
     # Log more info
     file_size = os.path.getsize(tar_filename)
@@ -633,6 +632,13 @@ def main(args: argparse.Namespace):
                 raise AssertionError(f"Sizes don't match old: {old_size} new: {new_size}")
 
 
+def non_zero_tcp_port(arg: Any):
+    port = int(arg)
+    if port < 1 or port > 65535:
+        raise argparse.ArgumentTypeError(f"invalid tcp port: {arg}")
+    return port
+
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
     parser.add_argument(
@@ -728,5 +734,13 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
         default=False,
         help="directory where temporary tar files are stored",
     )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--tmp-pg-port",
+        dest="tmp_pg_port",
+        required=False,
+        default=55439,
+        type=non_zero_tcp_port,
+        help="localhost port to use for temporary postgres instance",
+    )
     args = parser.parse_args()
     main(args)
diff --git a/scripts/reformat b/scripts/reformat
index 67140a705a..5346c78ead 100755
--- a/scripts/reformat
+++ b/scripts/reformat
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@ set -euox pipefail
 echo 'Reformatting Rust code'
 cargo fmt
 echo 'Reformatting Python code'
-poetry run isort test_runner
-poetry run flake8 test_runner
-poetry run black test_runner
+poetry run isort test_runner scripts
+poetry run flake8 test_runner scripts
+poetry run black test_runner scripts
diff --git a/test_runner/regress/test_tenant_relocation.py b/test_runner/regress/test_tenant_relocation.py
index 2c11812a7b..fa00a4da82 100644
--- a/test_runner/regress/test_tenant_relocation.py
+++ b/test_runner/regress/test_tenant_relocation.py
@@ -392,6 +392,8 @@ def test_tenant_relocation(
                 pg_distrib_dir,
                 "--work-dir",
                 os.path.join(test_output_dir),
+                "--tmp-pg-port",
+                str(port_distributor.get_port()),
             ]
             subprocess_capture(test_output_dir, cmd, check=True)
         elif method == "minor":