diff --git a/docs/userguide.rst b/docs/userguide.rst
index a8c72ea..8f2c59b 100644
--- a/docs/userguide.rst
+++ b/docs/userguide.rst
@@ -89,6 +89,11 @@ typically provides a single command.
 
 .. automodule:: kas.plugins.checkout
 
+``dump`` plugin
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+.. automodule:: kas.plugins.dump
+
 ``for-all-repos`` plugin
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
diff --git a/kas/plugins/__init__.py b/kas/plugins/__init__.py
index 4346d05..f2b9c3f 100644
--- a/kas/plugins/__init__.py
+++ b/kas/plugins/__init__.py
@@ -43,9 +43,11 @@ def load():
     from . import checkout
     from . import shell
     from . import menu
+    from . import dump
 
     register_plugins(build)
     register_plugins(checkout)
+    register_plugins(dump)
     register_plugins(for_all_repos)
     register_plugins(shell)
     register_plugins(menu)
diff --git a/kas/plugins/dump.py b/kas/plugins/dump.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..77621b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kas/plugins/dump.py
@@ -0,0 +1,132 @@
+# kas - setup tool for bitbake based projects
+#
+# Copyright (c) Siemens AG, 2017-2022
+#
+# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+# of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+# in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+# to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+# copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+# furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+#
+# The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
+# included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+#
+# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+# IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+# AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+# LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+# OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+# SOFTWARE.
+"""
+    This plugin implements the ``kas dump`` command.
+
+    When this command is executed, kas will parse all referenced config
+    files, expand includes and print a flattened yaml version of the
+    configuration to stdout. This config is semantically identical to the
+    input, but does not include any references to other configuration files.
+    The output of this command can be used to further analyse the build
+    configuration.
+
+    Please note:
+
+    - the dumped config is semantically identical but not bit-by-bit identical
+    - all referenced repositories are checked out to resolve cross-repo configs
+    - all refspecs are resolved before patches are applied
+
+    For example, to get a single config representing the final build config of
+    ``kas-project.yml:target-override.yml`` you could run:
+
+        kas dump kas-project.yml:target-override.yml > kas-project-expanded.yml
+
+    The generated config can be used as input for kas:
+
+        kas build kas-project-expanded.yml
+"""
+
+import logging
+import sys
+import json
+import yaml
+from collections import OrderedDict
+from kas.context import get_context
+from kas.plugins.checkout import Checkout
+
+__license__ = 'MIT'
+__copyright__ = 'Copyright (c) Siemens AG, 2022'
+
+
+class Dump(Checkout):
+    """
+    Implements a kas plugin that combines multiple kas configurations
+    and dumps the result.
+    """
+
+    name = 'dump'
+    helpmsg = 'Expand and dump the final config.'
+
+    class KasYamlDumper(yaml.Dumper):
+        """
+        Yaml formatter (dumper) that generates output in a formatting which
+        is similar to kas example input files.
+        """
+
+        def represent_data(self, data):
+            if isinstance(data, str):
+                if data.count('\n') > 0:
+                    return self.represent_scalar(
+                        'tag:yaml.org,2002:str',
+                        data,
+                        style='|')
+                return self.represent_scalar('tag:yaml.org,2002:str', data)
+            elif isinstance(data, OrderedDict):
+                return self.represent_mapping(
+                    'tag:yaml.org,2002:map',
+                    data.items())
+            elif data is None:
+                return self.represent_scalar('tag:yaml.org,2002:null', '')
+            return super().represent_data(data)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def setup_parser(cls, parser):
+        super().setup_parser(parser)
+        parser.add_argument('--format',
+                            choices=['yaml', 'json'],
+                            default='yaml',
+                            help='Output format (default: yaml)')
+        parser.add_argument('--indent',
+                            type=int,
+                            default=4,
+                            help='Line indent (# of spaces, default: 4)')
+
+    def run(self, args):
+        args.skip += [
+            'setup_dir',
+            'repos_apply_patches',
+            'setup_environ',
+            'write_bbconfig',
+        ]
+
+        super().run(args)
+        ctx = get_context()
+        config_expanded = ctx.config.get_config()
+
+        # includes are already expanded, delete the key
+        if 'includes' in config_expanded['header']:
+            del config_expanded['header']['includes']
+
+        if args.format == 'json':
+            json.dump(config_expanded, sys.stdout, indent=args.indent)
+            sys.stdout.write('\n')
+        elif args.format == 'yaml':
+            yaml.dump(
+                config_expanded, sys.stdout,
+                indent=args.indent,
+                Dumper=self.KasYamlDumper)
+        else:
+            logging.error('invalid format %s', args.format)
+            sys.exit(1)
+
+
+__KAS_PLUGINS__ = [Dump]