diff --git a/tools/compare-buildsys.sh b/tools/compare-buildsys.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..e88cbd58f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/compare-buildsys.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+FILTER="$1"
+
+MESON_CONFIG_H="build/config.h"
+AUTOCONF_CONFIG_H="./config.h"
+
+if [ ! -f $MESON_CONFIG_H ]; then
+	echo 'Meson is not ready in the build/ directory (try "meson build")'
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ ! -f $AUTOCONF_CONFIG_H ]; then
+	echo 'Autotools are not ready (try "./autogen.sh; ./configure")'
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+TMPFILE_MESON="/tmp/util-linux-meson"
+TMPFILE_AUTOCONF="/tmp/util-linux-autoconf"
+
+GREP_PATTERN="#define "
+
+if [ "$FILTER" = "headers" ]; then
+	GREP_PATTERN="#define .*_H[[:blank:]]"
+fi
+
+echo "===MESON===" > $TMPFILE_MESON
+grep "$GREP_PATTERN" $MESON_CONFIG_H | sort >> $TMPFILE_MESON
+
+echo "===AUTOCONF===" > $TMPFILE_AUTOCONF
+grep "$GREP_PATTERN" $AUTOCONF_CONFIG_H | sort >> $TMPFILE_AUTOCONF
+
+diff --side-by-side $TMPFILE_AUTOCONF $TMPFILE_MESON
+
+rm -rf $TMPFILE_MESON $TMPFILE_AUTOCONF