diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/Makefile b/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
index a3ac2c91331c..52a0ee0637e9 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
@@ -222,3 +222,8 @@ $(obj)/.%conf-cfg: $(src)/%conf-cfg.sh FORCE
 	$(call filechk,conf_cfg)
 
 clean-files += .*conf-cfg
+
+PHONY += symcheckconfig
+
+symcheckconfig: $(obj)/conf
+	$< $(silent) --$@ $(Kconfig)
diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/conf.c b/scripts/kconfig/conf.c
index 671ff5364497..1083ddcdd05e 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/conf.c
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/conf.c
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ enum input_mode {
 	savedefconfig,
 	listnewconfig,
 	olddefconfig,
+	symcheckconfig,
 };
 static enum input_mode input_mode = oldaskconfig;
 
@@ -466,6 +467,7 @@ static struct option long_opts[] = {
 	 * value but not 'n') with the counter-intuitive name.
 	 */
 	{"oldnoconfig",     no_argument,       NULL, olddefconfig},
+	{"symcheckconfig",     no_argument,       NULL, symcheckconfig},
 	{NULL, 0, NULL, 0}
 };
 
@@ -490,6 +492,31 @@ static void conf_usage(const char *progname)
 	printf("  --randconfig            New config with random answer to all options\n");
 }
 
+static void find_sym_dups(void)
+{
+	struct symbol *sym;
+	struct property *prop;
+	int i;
+	int cnt = 0;
+	char *file;
+	int lineno;
+
+	for_all_symbols(i, sym) {
+		for_all_properties(sym, prop, P_SYMBOL) {
+			if (cnt == 1) {
+				printf("Duplicate symbol %s\n\t(%s:%d):\n", sym->name, file, lineno);
+			}
+			if (cnt)
+				printf("\t(%s:%d)\n", prop->file->name, prop->lineno);
+
+			cnt += 1;
+			file = (char *)prop->file->name;
+			lineno = prop->lineno;
+		}
+		cnt = 0;
+	}
+}
+
 int main(int ac, char **av)
 {
 	const char *progname = av[0];
@@ -560,6 +587,12 @@ int main(int ac, char **av)
 	}
 	name = av[optind];
 	conf_parse(name);
+
+	if (input_mode == symcheckconfig) {
+		find_sym_dups();
+		exit(0);
+	}
+
 	//zconfdump(stdout);
 	if (sync_kconfig) {
 		name = conf_get_configname();