diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0cd7f5541f..5a0c64a52a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ toolchain: prepare dirs dependencies $(BASE_TARGETS)
 world: toolchain $(TARGETS_ALL)
 
 .PHONY: all world toolchain dirs clean distclean source outputmakefile \
-	legal-info legal-info-prepare legal-info-clean \
+	legal-info legal-info-prepare legal-info-clean printvars \
 	$(BASE_TARGETS) $(TARGETS) $(TARGETS_ALL) \
 	$(TARGETS_CLEAN) $(TARGETS_DIRCLEAN) $(TARGETS_SOURCE) $(TARGETS_LEGAL_INFO) \
 	$(BUILD_DIR) $(STAGING_DIR) $(TARGET_DIR) \
@@ -731,6 +731,14 @@ ifeq ($(NEED_WRAPPER),y)
 	$(Q)$(TOPDIR)/support/scripts/mkmakefile $(TOPDIR) $(O)
 endif
 
+# printvars prints all the variables currently defined in our Makefiles
+printvars:
+	@$(foreach V, \
+		$(sort $(.VARIABLES)), \
+		$(if $(filter-out environment% default automatic, \
+				$(origin $V)), \
+		$(info $V=$($V) ($(value $V)))))
+
 clean:
 	rm -rf $(STAGING_DIR) $(TARGET_DIR) $(BINARIES_DIR) $(HOST_DIR) \
 		$(STAMP_DIR) $(BUILD_DIR) $(BASE_DIR)/staging \