diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 33136ff..1446131 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -523,6 +523,11 @@
 FIND := find
 FINDFLAGS := -L
 
+checkstack:
+		$(CROSS_COMPILE)objdump -d $(obj)u-boot \
+			`$(FIND) $(obj) -name u-boot-spl -print` | \
+			perl $(src)tools/checkstack.pl $(ARCH)
+
 tags ctags:
 		ctags -w -o $(obj)ctags `$(FIND) $(FINDFLAGS) $(TAG_SUBDIRS) \
 						-name '*.[chS]' -print`
diff --git a/tools/checkstack.pl b/tools/checkstack.pl
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..c1cdc0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/checkstack.pl
@@ -0,0 +1,171 @@
+#!/usr/bin/perl
+
+#	Check the stack usage of functions
+#
+#	Copyright Joern Engel <joern@lazybastard.org>
+#	Inspired by Linus Torvalds
+#	Original idea maybe from Keith Owens
+#	s390 port and big speedup by Arnd Bergmann <arnd@bergmann-dalldorf.de>
+#	Mips port by Juan Quintela <quintela@mandrakesoft.com>
+#	IA64 port via Andreas Dilger
+#	Arm port by Holger Schurig
+#	sh64 port by Paul Mundt
+#	Random bits by Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>
+#	M68k port by Geert Uytterhoeven and Andreas Schwab
+#	AVR32 port by Haavard Skinnemoen (Atmel)
+#	PARISC port by Kyle McMartin <kyle@parisc-linux.org>
+#	sparc port by Martin Habets <errandir_news@mph.eclipse.co.uk>
+#
+#	Usage:
+#	objdump -d vmlinux | scripts/checkstack.pl [arch]
+#
+#	TODO :	Port to all architectures (one regex per arch)
+
+use strict;
+
+# check for arch
+#
+# $re is used for two matches:
+# $& (whole re) matches the complete objdump line with the stack growth
+# $1 (first bracket) matches the size of the stack growth
+#
+# $dre is similar, but for dynamic stack redutions:
+# $& (whole re) matches the complete objdump line with the stack growth
+# $1 (first bracket) matches the dynamic amount of the stack growth
+#
+# use anything else and feel the pain ;)
+my (@stack, $re, $dre, $x, $xs);
+{
+	my $arch = shift;
+	if ($arch eq "") {
+		$arch = `uname -m`;
+		chomp($arch);
+	}
+
+	$x	= "[0-9a-f]";	# hex character
+	$xs	= "[0-9a-f ]";	# hex character or space
+	if ($arch eq 'arm') {
+		#c0008ffc:	e24dd064	sub	sp, sp, #100	; 0x64
+		$re = qr/.*sub.*sp, sp, #(([0-9]{2}|[3-9])[0-9]{2})/o;
+	} elsif ($arch eq 'avr32') {
+		#8000008a:       20 1d           sub sp,4
+		#80000ca8:       fa cd 05 b0     sub sp,sp,1456
+		$re = qr/^.*sub.*sp.*,([0-9]{1,8})/o;
+	} elsif ($arch =~ /^i[3456]86$/) {
+		#c0105234:       81 ec ac 05 00 00       sub    $0x5ac,%esp
+		$re = qr/^.*[as][du][db]    \$(0x$x{1,8}),\%esp$/o;
+		$dre = qr/^.*[as][du][db]    (%.*),\%esp$/o;
+	} elsif ($arch eq 'x86_64') {
+		#    2f60:	48 81 ec e8 05 00 00 	sub    $0x5e8,%rsp
+		$re = qr/^.*[as][du][db]    \$(0x$x{1,8}),\%rsp$/o;
+		$dre = qr/^.*[as][du][db]    (\%.*),\%rsp$/o;
+	} elsif ($arch eq 'ia64') {
+		#e0000000044011fc:       01 0f fc 8c     adds r12=-384,r12
+		$re = qr/.*adds.*r12=-(([0-9]{2}|[3-9])[0-9]{2}),r12/o;
+	} elsif ($arch eq 'm68k') {
+		#    2b6c:       4e56 fb70       linkw %fp,#-1168
+		#  1df770:       defc ffe4       addaw #-28,%sp
+		$re = qr/.*(?:linkw %fp,|addaw )#-([0-9]{1,4})(?:,%sp)?$/o;
+	} elsif ($arch eq 'mips64') {
+		#8800402c:       67bdfff0        daddiu  sp,sp,-16
+		$re = qr/.*daddiu.*sp,sp,-(([0-9]{2}|[3-9])[0-9]{2})/o;
+	} elsif ($arch eq 'mips') {
+		#88003254:       27bdffe0        addiu   sp,sp,-32
+		$re = qr/.*addiu.*sp,sp,-(([0-9]{2}|[3-9])[0-9]{2})/o;
+	} elsif ($arch eq 'parisc' || $arch eq 'parisc64') {
+		$re = qr/.*ldo ($x{1,8})\(sp\),sp/o;
+	} elsif ($arch eq 'ppc') {
+		#c00029f4:       94 21 ff 30     stwu    r1,-208(r1)
+		$re = qr/.*stwu.*r1,-($x{1,8})\(r1\)/o;
+	} elsif ($arch eq 'ppc64') {
+		#XXX
+		$re = qr/.*stdu.*r1,-($x{1,8})\(r1\)/o;
+	} elsif ($arch eq 'powerpc') {
+		$re = qr/.*st[dw]u.*r1,-($x{1,8})\(r1\)/o;
+	} elsif ($arch =~ /^s390x?$/) {
+		#   11160:       a7 fb ff 60             aghi   %r15,-160
+		# or
+		#  100092:	 e3 f0 ff c8 ff 71	 lay	 %r15,-56(%r15)
+		$re = qr/.*(?:lay|ag?hi).*\%r15,-(([0-9]{2}|[3-9])[0-9]{2})
+		      (?:\(\%r15\))?$/ox;
+	} elsif ($arch =~ /^sh64$/) {
+		#XXX: we only check for the immediate case presently,
+		#     though we will want to check for the movi/sub
+		#     pair for larger users. -- PFM.
+		#a00048e0:       d4fc40f0        addi.l  r15,-240,r15
+		$re = qr/.*addi\.l.*r15,-(([0-9]{2}|[3-9])[0-9]{2}),r15/o;
+	} elsif ($arch =~ /^blackfin$/) {
+		#   0:   00 e8 38 01     LINK 0x4e0;
+		$re = qr/.*[[:space:]]LINK[[:space:]]*(0x$x{1,8})/o;
+	} elsif ($arch eq 'sparc' || $arch eq 'sparc64') {
+		# f0019d10:       9d e3 bf 90     save  %sp, -112, %sp
+		$re = qr/.*save.*%sp, -(([0-9]{2}|[3-9])[0-9]{2}), %sp/o;
+	} else {
+		print("wrong or unknown architecture \"$arch\"\n");
+		exit
+	}
+}
+
+#
+# main()
+#
+my $funcre = qr/^$x* <(.*)>:$/;
+my ($func, $file, $lastslash);
+
+while (my $line = <STDIN>) {
+	if ($line =~ m/$funcre/) {
+		$func = $1;
+	}
+	elsif ($line =~ m/(.*):\s*file format/) {
+		$file = $1;
+		$file =~ s/\.ko//;
+		$lastslash = rindex($file, "/");
+		if ($lastslash != -1) {
+			$file = substr($file, $lastslash + 1);
+		}
+	}
+	elsif ($line =~ m/$re/) {
+		my $size = $1;
+		$size = hex($size) if ($size =~ /^0x/);
+
+		if ($size > 0xf0000000) {
+			$size = - $size;
+			$size += 0x80000000;
+			$size += 0x80000000;
+		}
+		next if ($size > 0x10000000);
+
+		next if $line !~ m/^($xs*)/;
+		my $addr = $1;
+		$addr =~ s/ /0/g;
+		$addr = "0x$addr";
+
+		my $intro = "$addr $func [$file]:";
+		my $padlen = 56 - length($intro);
+		while ($padlen > 0) {
+			$intro .= '	';
+			$padlen -= 8;
+		}
+		next if ($size < 100);
+		push @stack, "$intro$size\n";
+	}
+	elsif (defined $dre && $line =~ m/$dre/) {
+		my $size = "Dynamic ($1)";
+
+		next if $line !~ m/^($xs*)/;
+		my $addr = $1;
+		$addr =~ s/ /0/g;
+		$addr = "0x$addr";
+
+		my $intro = "$addr $func [$file]:";
+		my $padlen = 56 - length($intro);
+		while ($padlen > 0) {
+			$intro .= '	';
+			$padlen -= 8;
+		}
+		push @stack, "$intro$size\n";
+	}
+}
+
+# Sort output by size (last field)
+print sort { ($b =~ /:\t*(\d+)$/)[0] <=> ($a =~ /:\t*(\d+)$/)[0] } @stack;