diff --git a/docs/patches/staging.yml b/docs/patches/staging.yml
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+Compiler_Warnings: []
+api-ms-win-Stub_DLLs:
+  kernel32-Processor_Group: []
+d3d9-DesktopWindow: []
+ddraw-Rendering_Targets: []
+ddraw-Silence_FIXMEs: []
+dinput-Deadlock: []
+dsound-Fast_Mixer: []
+gdi32-Lazy_Font_Initialization: []
+gdi32-MultiMonitor: []
+gdiplus-Performance-Improvements: []
+iphlpapi-System_Ping: []
+kernel32-K32GetPerformanceInfo: []
+kernel32-NormalizeString:
+  libs-Unicode_Collation: []
+kernel32-SCSI_Sysfs: []
+ntdll-APC_Performance: []
+ntdll-CriticalSection: []
+ntdll-ThreadTime:
+  server-Realtime_Priority: []
+ntdll-Threading ntdll-Wait_User_APC server-Key_State server-PeekMessage server-ClipCursor server-Signal_Thread:
+  server-Shared_Memory: []
+setupapi-Display_Device: []
+shell32-IconCache: []
+user32-minimized_windows: []
+windowscodecs-GIF_Encoder:
+  windowscodecs-TIFF_Support:
+    windowscodecs-32bppPRGBA: []
+wined3d-Accounting: []
+wined3d-WINED3D_RS_COLORWRITEENABLE:
+  wined3d-Indexed_Vertex_Blending: []
+wined3d-WINED3D_TEXF_ANISOTROPIC: []
+wined3d-WINED3DFMT_B8G8R8X8_UNORM:
+  wined3d-DXTn:
+    d3dx9_36-DXTn: []
+winepulse-PulseAudio_Support: []
+ws2_32-APC_Performance: []
diff --git a/tools/mkpatchlist.rb b/tools/mkpatchlist.rb
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+#!/usr/bin/env ruby
+
+require 'yaml'
+
+# Dependency walker to expand each patch series into a list of patch files
+class Dependencies
+
+  def self.expand_patch series
+    series.split.each do |source_directory|
+      dir = File.join "patches", source_directory
+      files = File.join dir, "*.patch"
+      puts "# expanded from #{files}"
+      begin
+        definition = File.join dir, "definition"
+        File.read(definition).each_line do |line|
+          next if line =~ /^(#|Depends:)/
+          puts "# #{line}"
+        end
+      rescue Errno::ENOENT
+      end
+      puts Dir.glob(files).sort
+      puts ""
+    end
+  end
+
+  def self.walk dependency_tree
+    dependency_tree.each_pair do |series,wanted_by|
+      expand_patch series
+      walk wanted_by unless wanted_by.empty?
+    end
+  end
+end
+
+patches = Dir.glob('docs/patches/*.yml').inject({}) do |all,series|
+  all.merge! YAML.load_file(series)
+end
+
+Dependencies.walk patches