diff --git a/tools/CMakeLists.txt b/tools/CMakeLists.txt
index 8549e2fc..b5bcafd8 100644
--- a/tools/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tools/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,3 +3,6 @@ target_link_libraries(bitread gflags absl::strings)
 
 add_executable(segmatch segmatch.cc)
 target_link_libraries(segmatch libprjxray gflags absl::strings)
+
+add_executable(bittool bittool.cc)
+target_link_libraries(bittool libprjxray gflags absl::strings absl::span)
diff --git a/tools/bittool.cc b/tools/bittool.cc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..64605022
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/bittool.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+#include <iostream>
+
+#include <absl/strings/str_cat.h>
+#include <absl/types/span.h>
+#include <gflags/gflags.h>
+#include <prjxray/memory_mapped_file.h>
+#include <prjxray/xilinx_7series_bitstream_reader.h>
+
+DEFINE_string(action, "list_config_packets", "");
+
+struct Action {
+	std::string name;
+	std::function<int(int, char*[])> handler;
+};
+
+int ListConfigPackets(int argc, char *argv[]) {
+	auto in_file = prjxray::MemoryMappedFile::InitWithFile(argv[1]);
+	if (!in_file) {
+		std::cerr << "Unable to open bit file: " << argv[1]
+			  << std::endl;
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+	auto in_bytes = absl::Span<uint8_t>(
+			static_cast<uint8_t*>(in_file->data()),
+			in_file->size());
+	auto reader = prjxray::Xilinx7SeriesBitstreamReader::InitWithBytes(
+			in_bytes);
+	if (!reader) {
+		std::cerr << "Input doesn't look like a bitstream"
+			  << std::endl;
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+	for (auto packet : *reader) {
+		std::cout << packet;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
+	Action actions[] = {
+		{ "list_config_packets", ListConfigPackets },
+	};
+
+	gflags::SetUsageMessage(
+			absl::StrCat("Usage: ", argv[0], " [options] [bitfile]"));
+	gflags::ParseCommandLineFlags(&argc, &argv, true);
+
+	if (argc != 2) {
+		std::cerr << "no input file provided" << std::endl;
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+	if (FLAGS_action.empty()) {
+		std::cerr << "no action specified" << std::endl;
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+	auto requested_action = std::find_if(
+			std::begin(actions), std::end(actions),
+			[](const Action& t) { return t.name == FLAGS_action; });
+	if (requested_action == std::end(actions)) {
+		std::cerr << "Unknown action: " << FLAGS_action << std::endl;
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+	return requested_action->handler(argc, argv);
+}