diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 89b3b79c1a..055a84c4a8 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 /git-bisect--helper
 /git-blame
 /git-branch
+/git-bugreport
 /git-bundle
 /git-cat-file
 /git-check-attr
diff --git a/Documentation/git-bugreport.txt b/Documentation/git-bugreport.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..75f0c80acf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/git-bugreport.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+git-bugreport(1)
+================
+
+NAME
+----
+git-bugreport - Collect information for user to file a bug report
+
+SYNOPSIS
+--------
+[verse]
+'git bugreport' [-o | --output <path>]
+
+DESCRIPTION
+-----------
+Captures information about the user's machine, Git client, and repository state,
+as well as a form requesting information about the behavior the user observed,
+into a single text file which the user can then share, for example to the Git
+mailing list, in order to report an observed bug.
+
+The following information is requested from the user:
+
+ - Reproduction steps
+ - Expected behavior
+ - Actual behavior
+
+The following information is captured automatically:
+
+ - Git version (`git version --build-options`)
+ - Machine information (`uname -a`)
+ - Versions of various dependencies
+ - Git config contents (`git config --show-origin --list`)
+ - The names of all configured git-hooks in `.git/hooks/`
+
+OPTIONS
+-------
+-o [<path>]::
+--output [<path>]::
+	Place the resulting bug report file in <path> instead of the root of the
+	Git repository.
+
+GIT
+---
+Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b7d7374dac..9dff91436e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -681,6 +681,7 @@ EXTRA_PROGRAMS =
 # ... and all the rest that could be moved out of bindir to gitexecdir
 PROGRAMS += $(EXTRA_PROGRAMS)
 
+PROGRAM_OBJS += bugreport.o
 PROGRAM_OBJS += credential-store.o
 PROGRAM_OBJS += daemon.o
 PROGRAM_OBJS += fast-import.o
@@ -2448,6 +2449,10 @@ endif
 git-%$X: %.o GIT-LDFLAGS $(GITLIBS)
 	$(QUIET_LINK)$(CC) $(ALL_CFLAGS) -o $@ $(ALL_LDFLAGS) $(filter %.o,$^) $(LIBS)
 
+git-bugreport$X: bugreport.o GIT-LDFLAGS $(GITLIBS)
+	$(QUIET_LINK)$(CC) $(ALL_CFLAGS) -o $@ $(ALL_LDFLAGS) $(filter %.o,$^) \
+		$(LIBS)
+
 git-imap-send$X: imap-send.o $(IMAP_SEND_BUILDDEPS) GIT-LDFLAGS $(GITLIBS)
 	$(QUIET_LINK)$(CC) $(ALL_CFLAGS) -o $@ $(ALL_LDFLAGS) $(filter %.o,$^) \
 		$(IMAP_SEND_LDFLAGS) $(LIBS)
diff --git a/bugreport.c b/bugreport.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5495b31674
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bugreport.c
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+#include "builtin.h"
+#include "parse-options.h"
+#include "stdio.h"
+#include "strbuf.h"
+#include "time.h"
+
+static const char * const bugreport_usage[] = {
+	N_("git bugreport [-o|--output <file>]"),
+	NULL
+};
+
+static int get_bug_template(struct strbuf *template)
+{
+	const char template_text[] = N_(
+"Thank you for filling out a Git bug report!\n"
+"Please answer the following questions to help us understand your issue.\n"
+"\n"
+"What did you do before the bug happened? (Steps to reproduce your issue)\n"
+"\n"
+"What did you expect to happen? (Expected behavior)\n"
+"\n"
+"What happened instead? (Actual behavior)\n"
+"\n"
+"What's different between what you expected and what actually happened?\n"
+"\n"
+"Anything else you want to add:\n"
+"\n"
+"Please review the rest of the bug report below.\n"
+"You can delete any lines you don't wish to send.\n");
+
+	strbuf_addstr(template, template_text);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int cmd_main(int argc, const char **argv)
+{
+	struct strbuf buffer = STRBUF_INIT;
+	struct strbuf report_path = STRBUF_INIT;
+	FILE *report;
+	time_t now = time(NULL);
+	char *option_output = NULL;
+
+	const struct option bugreport_options[] = {
+		OPT_STRING('o', "output", &option_output, N_("path"),
+			   N_("specify a destination for the bugreport file")),
+		OPT_END()
+	};
+	argc = parse_options(argc, argv, "", bugreport_options,
+			     bugreport_usage, 0);
+
+	if (option_output) {
+		strbuf_addstr(&report_path, option_output);
+		strbuf_complete(&report_path, '/');
+	}
+
+	strbuf_addstr(&report_path, "git-bugreport-");
+	strbuf_addftime(&report_path, "%F", gmtime(&now), 0, 0);
+	strbuf_addstr(&report_path, ".txt");
+
+
+	get_bug_template(&buffer);
+
+	report = fopen_for_writing(report_path.buf);
+	strbuf_write(&buffer, report);
+	fclose(report);
+
+	launch_editor(report_path.buf, NULL, NULL);
+	return 0;
+}
diff --git a/t/t0091-bugreport.sh b/t/t0091-bugreport.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..6eb2ee4f66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/t0091-bugreport.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+test_description='git bugreport'
+
+. ./test-lib.sh
+
+# Headers "[System Info]" will be followed by a non-empty line if we put some
+# information there; we can make sure all our headers were followed by some
+# information to check if the command was successful.
+HEADER_PATTERN="^\[.*\]$"
+check_all_headers_populated() {
+	while read -r line; do
+		if [$(grep $HEADER_PATTERN $line)]; then
+			read -r nextline
+			if [-z $nextline]; then
+				return 1;
+			fi
+		fi
+	done
+}
+
+test_expect_success 'creates a report with content in the right places' '
+	git bugreport &&
+	check_all_headers_populated <git-bugreport-* &&
+	rm git-bugreport-*
+'
+
+test_expect_success '--output puts the report in the provided dir' '
+	mkdir foo/ &&
+	git bugreport -o foo/ &&
+	test -f foo/git-bugreport-* &&
+	rm -fr foo/
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'incorrect arguments abort with usage' '
+	test_must_fail git bugreport --false 2>output &&
+	grep usage output &&
+	test ! -f git-bugreport-*
+'
+
+test_done
