diff --git a/clippy_dev/Cargo.toml b/clippy_dev/Cargo.toml
index b30ba61d2991..82ac5409479d 100644
--- a/clippy_dev/Cargo.toml
+++ b/clippy_dev/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ regex = "1"
 lazy_static = "1.0"
 shell-escape = "0.1"
 walkdir = "2"
+reqwest = { version = "0.10", features = ["blocking", "json"], optional = true }
+serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"], optional = true }
 
 [features]
 deny-warnings = []
+issues = ["reqwest", "serde"]
diff --git a/clippy_dev/src/issues_for_lint.rs b/clippy_dev/src/issues_for_lint.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b458037b39e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/clippy_dev/src/issues_for_lint.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,154 @@
+use crate::gather_all;
+use lazy_static::lazy_static;
+use regex::Regex;
+use reqwest::{
+    blocking::{Client, Response},
+    header,
+};
+use serde::Deserialize;
+use std::env;
+
+lazy_static! {
+    static ref NEXT_PAGE_RE: Regex = Regex::new(r#"<(?P<link>[^;]+)>;\srel="next""#).unwrap();
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Deserialize)]
+struct Issue {
+    title: String,
+    number: u32,
+    body: String,
+    pull_request: Option<PR>,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Deserialize)]
+struct PR {}
+
+enum Error {
+    Reqwest(reqwest::Error),
+    Env(std::env::VarError),
+    Http(header::InvalidHeaderValue),
+}
+
+impl From<reqwest::Error> for Error {
+    fn from(err: reqwest::Error) -> Self {
+        Self::Reqwest(err)
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<std::env::VarError> for Error {
+    fn from(err: std::env::VarError) -> Self {
+        Self::Env(err)
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<header::InvalidHeaderValue> for Error {
+    fn from(err: header::InvalidHeaderValue) -> Self {
+        Self::Http(err)
+    }
+}
+
+impl std::fmt::Display for Error {
+    fn fmt(&self, fmt: &mut std::fmt::Formatter) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        match self {
+            Self::Reqwest(err) => write!(fmt, "reqwest: {}", err),
+            Self::Env(err) => write!(fmt, "env: {}", err),
+            Self::Http(err) => write!(fmt, "http: {}", err),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn run(name: &str, filter: &[u32]) {
+    match open_issues() {
+        Ok(issues) => {
+            for (i, issue) in filter_issues(&issues, name, filter).enumerate() {
+                if i == 0 {
+                    println!("### `{}`\n", name);
+                }
+                println!("- [ ] #{} ({})", issue.number, issue.title)
+            }
+        },
+        Err(err) => eprintln!("{}", err),
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn run_all(filter: &[u32]) {
+    match open_issues() {
+        Ok(issues) => {
+            let mut lint_names = gather_all().map(|lint| lint.name).collect::<Vec<_>>();
+            lint_names.sort();
+            for name in lint_names {
+                let mut print_empty_line = false;
+                for (i, issue) in filter_issues(&issues, &name, filter).enumerate() {
+                    if i == 0 {
+                        println!("### `{}`\n", name);
+                        print_empty_line = true;
+                    }
+                    println!("- [ ] #{} ({})", issue.number, issue.title)
+                }
+                if print_empty_line {
+                    println!();
+                }
+            }
+        },
+        Err(err) => eprintln!("{}", err),
+    }
+}
+
+fn open_issues() -> Result<Vec<Issue>, Error> {
+    let github_token = env::var("GITHUB_TOKEN")?;
+
+    let mut headers = header::HeaderMap::new();
+    headers.insert(
+        header::AUTHORIZATION,
+        header::HeaderValue::from_str(&format!("token {}", github_token))?,
+    );
+    headers.insert(header::USER_AGENT, header::HeaderValue::from_static("ghost"));
+    let client = Client::builder().default_headers(headers).build()?;
+
+    let issues_base = "https://api.github.com/repos/rust-lang/rust-clippy/issues";
+
+    let mut issues = vec![];
+    let mut response = client
+        .get(issues_base)
+        .query(&[("per_page", "100"), ("state", "open"), ("direction", "asc")])
+        .send()?;
+    while let Some(link) = next_link(&response) {
+        issues.extend(
+            response
+                .json::<Vec<Issue>>()?
+                .into_iter()
+                .filter(|i| i.pull_request.is_none()),
+        );
+        response = client.get(&link).send()?;
+    }
+
+    Ok(issues)
+}
+
+fn filter_issues<'a>(issues: &'a [Issue], name: &str, filter: &'a [u32]) -> impl Iterator<Item = &'a Issue> {
+    let name = name.to_lowercase();
+    let separated_name = name.chars().map(|c| if c == '_' { ' ' } else { c }).collect::<String>();
+    let dash_separated_name = name.chars().map(|c| if c == '_' { '-' } else { c }).collect::<String>();
+
+    issues.iter().filter(move |i| {
+        let title = i.title.to_lowercase();
+        let body = i.body.to_lowercase();
+        !filter.contains(&i.number)
+            && (title.contains(&name)
+                || title.contains(&separated_name)
+                || title.contains(&dash_separated_name)
+                || body.contains(&name)
+                || body.contains(&separated_name)
+                || body.contains(&dash_separated_name))
+    })
+}
+
+fn next_link(response: &Response) -> Option<String> {
+    if let Some(links) = response.headers().get("Link").and_then(|l| l.to_str().ok()) {
+        if let Some(cap) = NEXT_PAGE_RE.captures_iter(links).next() {
+            return Some(cap["link"].to_string());
+        }
+    }
+
+    None
+}
diff --git a/clippy_dev/src/main.rs b/clippy_dev/src/main.rs
index 22a2f2ca79c7..8d04b66a9893 100644
--- a/clippy_dev/src/main.rs
+++ b/clippy_dev/src/main.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 #![cfg_attr(feature = "deny-warnings", deny(warnings))]
 
-use clap::{App, Arg, SubCommand};
+use clap::{App, Arg, ArgMatches, SubCommand};
 use clippy_dev::*;
 
 mod fmt;
+#[cfg(feature = "issues")]
+mod issues_for_lint;
 mod stderr_length_check;
 
 #[derive(PartialEq)]
@@ -13,7 +15,7 @@ enum UpdateMode {
 }
 
 fn main() {
-    let matches = App::new("Clippy developer tooling")
+    let mut app = App::new("Clippy developer tooling")
         .subcommand(
             SubCommand::with_name("fmt")
                 .about("Run rustfmt on all projects and tests")
@@ -55,8 +57,31 @@ fn main() {
             Arg::with_name("limit-stderr-length")
                 .long("limit-stderr-length")
                 .help("Ensures that stderr files do not grow longer than a certain amount of lines."),
-        )
-        .get_matches();
+        );
+    if cfg!(feature = "issues") {
+        app = app.subcommand(
+            SubCommand::with_name("issues_for_lint")
+                .about(
+                    "Prints all issues where the specified lint is mentioned either in the title or in the description",
+                )
+                .arg(
+                    Arg::with_name("name")
+                        .short("n")
+                        .long("name")
+                        .help("The name of the lint")
+                        .takes_value(true)
+                        .required_unless("all"),
+                )
+                .arg(Arg::with_name("all").long("all").help("Create a list for all lints"))
+                .arg(
+                    Arg::with_name("filter")
+                        .long("filter")
+                        .takes_value(true)
+                        .help("Comma separated list of issue numbers, that should be filtered out"),
+                ),
+        );
+    }
+    let matches = app.get_matches();
 
     if matches.is_present("limit-stderr-length") {
         stderr_length_check::check();
@@ -75,10 +100,32 @@ fn main() {
                 update_lints(&UpdateMode::Change);
             }
         },
+        ("issues_for_lint", Some(matches)) => issues_for_lint(matches),
         _ => {},
     }
 }
 
+fn issues_for_lint(_matches: &ArgMatches<'_>) {
+    #[cfg(feature = "issues")]
+    {
+        let filter = if let Some(filter) = _matches.value_of("filter") {
+            let mut issue_nbs = vec![];
+            for nb in filter.split(',') {
+                issue_nbs.push(nb.trim().parse::<u32>().expect("only numbers are allowed as filter"));
+            }
+            issue_nbs
+        } else {
+            vec![]
+        };
+        if _matches.is_present("all") {
+            issues_for_lint::run_all(&filter);
+        } else {
+            let name = _matches.value_of("name").expect("checked by clap");
+            issues_for_lint::run(&name, &filter);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 fn print_lints() {
     let lint_list = gather_all();
     let usable_lints: Vec<Lint> = Lint::usable_lints(lint_list).collect();