diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 1be872a6b..19aa7f638 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -752,6 +752,25 @@ namespace :dev do
     revision = `git rev-parse --short HEAD`.chomp
     create_source_tarball "-#{revision}"
   end
+
+  desc "Dump dependencies of the task given with TASK environment variable"
+  task "dependencies" do
+    if ENV['TASK'].blank?
+      puts "'TASK' environment variable not set"
+      exit 1
+    end
+
+    task = Rake::Task[ENV['TASK']]
+    if !task
+      puts "No task named '#{ENV['MTASK']}'"
+      exit 1
+    end
+
+    prereqs = task.mo_all_prerequisites
+    longest = prereqs.map { |p| p[0].length }.max
+
+    puts prereqs.map { |p| sprintf("%-#{longest}s => %s", p[0], p[1].sort.join(" ")) }.join("\n")
+  end
 end
 
 # Installation tasks
diff --git a/rake.d/helpers.rb b/rake.d/helpers.rb
index 88d9d439c..e385b2171 100644
--- a/rake.d/helpers.rb
+++ b/rake.d/helpers.rb
@@ -185,6 +185,23 @@ def list_targets? *targets
 end
 
 class Rake::Task
+  def mo_all_prerequisites
+    todo   = [name]
+    result = []
+
+    while !todo.empty?
+      current = todo.shift
+      prereqs = Rake::Task[current].prerequisites
+
+      next if prereqs.empty?
+
+      result << [current, prereqs]
+      todo   += prereqs
+    end
+
+    result.uniq
+  end
+
   def investigate
     result = "------------------------------\n"
     result << "Investigating #{name}\n"