diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/Makefile b/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
index de934de..57e96aa 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # These targets are used from top-level makefile
 
 PHONY += oldconfig xconfig gconfig menuconfig config silentoldconfig update-po-config \
-	localmodconfig localyesconfig
+	localmodconfig localyesconfig reportoldconfig updateoldconfig
 
 ifdef KBUILD_KCONFIG
 Kconfig := $(KBUILD_KCONFIG)
@@ -29,10 +29,16 @@ nconfig: $(obj)/nconf
 oldconfig: $(obj)/conf
 	$< --$@ $(Kconfig)
 
+reportoldconfig: $(obj)/conf
+	$< --$@ $(Kconfig)
+
 silentoldconfig: $(obj)/conf
 	$(Q)mkdir -p include/generated
 	$< --$@ $(Kconfig)
 
+updateoldconfig: $(obj)/conf
+	$< --$@ $(Kconfig)
+
 # if no path is given, then use src directory to find file
 ifdef LSMOD
 LSMOD_F := $(LSMOD)
diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/conf.c b/scripts/kconfig/conf.c
index 5b7c86e..9c2171c 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/conf.c
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/conf.c
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ enum input_mode {
 	savedefconfig,
 	listnewconfig,
 	oldnoconfig,
+	reportoldconfig,
+	updateoldconfig,
 } input_mode = oldaskconfig;
 
 char *defconfig_file;
@@ -453,6 +455,8 @@ static struct option long_opts[] = {
 	{"randconfig",      no_argument,       NULL, randconfig},
 	{"listnewconfig",   no_argument,       NULL, listnewconfig},
 	{"oldnoconfig",     no_argument,       NULL, oldnoconfig},
+	{"reportoldconfig", no_argument,       NULL, reportoldconfig},
+	{"updateoldconfig", no_argument,       NULL, updateoldconfig},
 	{NULL, 0, NULL, 0}
 };
 
@@ -530,6 +534,8 @@ int main(int ac, char **av)
 		}
 		break;
 	case savedefconfig:
+	case reportoldconfig:
+	case updateoldconfig:
 		conf_read(NULL);
 		break;
 	case silentoldconfig:
@@ -595,6 +601,8 @@ int main(int ac, char **av)
 		conf_set_all_new_symbols(def_random);
 		break;
 	case defconfig:
+	case reportoldconfig:
+	case updateoldconfig:
 		conf_set_all_new_symbols(def_default);
 		break;
 	case savedefconfig:
@@ -618,6 +626,9 @@ int main(int ac, char **av)
 		break;
 	}
 
+	if (input_mode == reportoldconfig)
+		conf_write_changes();
+
 	if (sync_kconfig) {
 		/* silentoldconfig is used during the build so we shall update autoconf.
 		 * All other commands are only used to generate a config.
diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/confdata.c b/scripts/kconfig/confdata.c
index 515253f..ee81b42 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/confdata.c
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/confdata.c
@@ -893,6 +893,85 @@ int conf_write_autoconf(void)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+void conf_write_changes(void)
+{
+	struct symbol *sym;
+	struct menu *menu;
+	int l;
+	const char *str;
+
+	fprintf(stdout, "\n#\n"
+			"# Changes:\n"
+			"#\n");
+	menu = rootmenu.list;
+	while (menu) {
+		sym = menu->sym;
+		if (sym &&
+		    !(sym->flags & SYMBOL_CHOICE) &&
+		    sym->flags & SYMBOL_WRITE &&
+		    sym->flags & SYMBOL_NEW &&
+		    sym->visible != no &&
+		    sym_is_changable(sym)) {
+			switch (sym->type) {
+			case S_BOOLEAN:
+			case S_TRISTATE:
+				switch (sym_get_tristate_value(sym)) {
+				case no:
+					fprintf(stdout, "# CONFIG_%s is not set\n", sym->name);
+					break;
+				case mod:
+					fprintf(stdout, "CONFIG_%s=m\n", sym->name);
+					break;
+				case yes:
+					fprintf(stdout, "CONFIG_%s=y\n", sym->name);
+					break;
+				}
+				break;
+			case S_STRING:
+				str = sym_get_string_value(sym);
+				fprintf(stdout, "CONFIG_%s=\"", sym->name);
+				while (1) {
+					l = strcspn(str, "\"\\");
+					if (l) {
+						fwrite(str, l, 1, stdout);
+						str += l;
+					}
+					if (!*str)
+						break;
+					fprintf(stdout, "\\%c", *str++);
+				}
+				fputs("\"\n", stdout);
+				break;
+			case S_HEX:
+				str = sym_get_string_value(sym);
+				if (str[0] != '0' || (str[1] != 'x' && str[1] != 'X')) {
+					fprintf(stdout, "CONFIG_%s=%s\n", sym->name, str);
+					break;
+				}
+			case S_INT:
+				str = sym_get_string_value(sym);
+				fprintf(stdout, "CONFIG_%s=%s\n", sym->name, str);
+				break;
+                        default:
+                                break;
+			}
+		}
+
+		if (menu->list) {
+			menu = menu->list;
+			continue;
+		}
+		if (menu->next)
+			menu = menu->next;
+		else while ((menu = menu->parent)) {
+			if (menu->next) {
+				menu = menu->next;
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 static int sym_change_count;
 static void (*conf_changed_callback)(void);
 
@@ -991,6 +1070,7 @@ void conf_set_all_new_symbols(enum conf_def_mode mode)
 	for_all_symbols(i, sym) {
 		if (sym_has_value(sym))
 			continue;
+		sym->flags |= SYMBOL_NEW;
 		switch (sym_get_type(sym)) {
 		case S_BOOLEAN:
 		case S_TRISTATE:
diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/expr.h b/scripts/kconfig/expr.h
index 6ee2e4f..09a6a7c 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/expr.h
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/expr.h
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ struct symbol {
 #define SYMBOL_DEF_AUTO   0x20000  /* symbol.def[S_DEF_AUTO] is valid */
 #define SYMBOL_DEF3       0x40000  /* symbol.def[S_DEF_3] is valid */
 #define SYMBOL_DEF4       0x80000  /* symbol.def[S_DEF_4] is valid */
+#define SYMBOL_NEW        0x100000
 
 #define SYMBOL_MAXLENGTH	256
 #define SYMBOL_HASHSIZE		9973
diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/lkc_proto.h b/scripts/kconfig/lkc_proto.h
index 9a948c9..d5aeb72 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/lkc_proto.h
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/lkc_proto.h
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ P(conf_read_simple,int,(const char *name, int));
 P(conf_write_defconfig,int,(const char *name));
 P(conf_write,int,(const char *name));
 P(conf_write_autoconf,int,(void));
+P(conf_write_changes,void,(void));
 P(conf_get_changed,bool,(void));
 P(conf_set_changed_callback, void,(void (*fn)(void)));
 
