diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 1bc689e0..e4dde6ed 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -222,6 +222,7 @@ SUFFIXES += .1.xml .1
 SUFFIXES += .5.xml .5
 EXTRA_DIST += build-utils/extractuicbdoc.py
 EXTRA_DIST += build-utils/extractoptsdoc.py
+EXTRA_DIST += build-utils/extractrcskeleton.py
 if HAVE_XMLTO
 .1.xml.1:
 	$(XMLTO) man $<
@@ -234,16 +235,20 @@ SUFFIXES += .5.txt .5.xml
 if HAVE_ASCIIDOC
 if HAVE_PYTHON
 CLEANFILES += optsdocgen.txt
+CLEANFILES += rcskeletongen.txt
 CLEANFILES += uicbdocgen.txt
 optsdocgen.txt: common/configopts.c
 	$(PYTHON) $(top_srcdir)/build-utils/extractoptsdoc.py \
 	    $(top_srcdir)/common/configopts.c > optsdocgen.txt
+rcskeletongen.txt: common/configopts.c
+	$(PYTHON) $(top_srcdir)/build-utils/extractrcskeleton.py \
+	    $(top_srcdir)/common/configopts.c > rcskeletongen.txt
 uicbdocgen.txt: $(awesome_SOURCES)
 	$(PYTHON) $(top_srcdir)/build-utils/extractuicbdoc.py \
 	    $(top_srcdir)/*.c > uicbdocgen.txt
 .1.txt.1.xml:
 	$(ASCIIDOC) -d manpage -b docbook -o $@ $<
-awesomerc.5.xml: optsdocgen.txt uicbdocgen.txt
+awesomerc.5.xml: optsdocgen.txt rcskeletongen.txt uicbdocgen.txt
 .5.txt.5.xml:
 	$(ASCIIDOC) -d manpage -b docbook -o $@ $<
 endif
diff --git a/awesomerc.5.txt b/awesomerc.5.txt
index 3471a8aa..8e4e9320 100644
--- a/awesomerc.5.txt
+++ b/awesomerc.5.txt
@@ -193,12 +193,18 @@ $ chmod a+x ~/bin/awesome-diskusage
    ~/.xsession-errors or the terminal where X got started.
 ..............................................
 
+AWESOMERC SKELETON
+------------------
+Following skeleton lists all available configuration options in *awesomerc*.
+
+..........................
+include::rcskeletongen.txt[]
+..........................
 
 SEE ALSO
 --------
 awesome(1) awesome-client(1) awesome-menu(1) awesome-message(1)
 
-
 AUTHORS
 -------
 This man page was written by Julien Danjou <julien@danjou.info>, Marco Candrian <mac@calmar.ws>
diff --git a/build-utils/extractrcskeleton.py b/build-utils/extractrcskeleton.py
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..6af264d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build-utils/extractrcskeleton.py
@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+#
+# extractuicbdoc.py - extract uicb documentation from awesome source code
+# Copyright (C) 2008 Marco Candrian <mac@calmar.ws>
+#
+# This indeed crappy. Any better version, even with awk, would be welcome.
+
+
+print """Note: when there is no whitespace, quotes are optional.
+
+<boolean>       -> "true" or "false"
+<color>         -> #ff9933 (hexadecimal color notation: #red green blue)
+<float>         -> 0.3, 0,8 (often values between 0 and 1 are useful)
+<font>          -> Pango font: sans 10, sans italic 10, fixed 12, ...
+<identifier>    -> foobar (choose a name/string)
+<image>         -> "/home/awesome/pics/icon.png" (path to image)
+<integer>       -> 1, 10, -3 (positive numbers are required mostly)
+<key>           -> a, 1, F10 (see /usr/include/X11/keysymdef.h w/o XK_ or 'xev')
+                   or a keycode beginning with #
+<mod>           -> "Mod1", "Mod4", "Control" (modifiers)
+<regex>         -> regular expression
+<string>        -> "foo bar"
+<uicb-arg>      -> prog, 3... (argument to a uicb function, where required)
+<uicb-cmd>      -> spawn, exec, client_tag... (see UICB FUNCTIONS above)
+<position>      -> list of position: off, top, right, left, bottom, auto
+<style section> -> a section with font, fg, bg, border, shadow and shadow_offset options.
+                   { font = <font> fg = <color> bg = <color> border = <color>
+                     shadow = <color> shadow_offset = <integer> }
+<titlebar sec>  -> a section with position and icon position.
+                   { position = <position> icon = <position> text_align = <{center,right,left}>
+                     height = <integer> width = <integer> styles { } }
+<{.., ...}>     -> list of available options
+
+[MULTI] means, you can use an item multiple times.
+"""
+#<layout>        -> dwindle, floating, max, spiral, tile, tileleft, tilebottom, tiletop
+
+import sys
+
+indent = ""
+section_desc = {} # [original_section_name]  -> description
+sections = {} # [original_section_name]  -> items inside
+
+def sections_print(sec):
+    global sections, section_desc, indent
+    seclist = sections[sec].keys()
+    seclist.sort()
+    for opt in seclist:
+        if sections[sec][opt][:9] == "<SECTION>":
+            print indent + opt + section_desc[sections[sec][opt][9:]]
+            print indent + "{"
+            indent += "    "
+            if sections[sec][opt][9:] == "style_opts":
+                print indent + "<style section>"
+            elif sections[sec][opt][9:] == "titlebar_opts":
+                print indent + "<titlebar section>"
+            else:
+                sections_print(sections[sec][opt][9:])
+            indent = indent[0:-4]
+            print indent + "}"
+        else:
+            if opt in ["fg", "bg", "fg_center", "fg_end", "fg_off", "bordercolor",
+                       "tab_border","normal_fg","normal_bg","normal_border","focus_fg",
+                       "focus_bg","focus_border","urgent_fg","urgent_bg"]:
+                print indent + opt + " = <color>"
+            elif opt in ["font"]:
+                print indent + opt + " = <font>"
+            elif opt in ["image"]:
+                print indent + opt + " = <image>"
+            elif opt in ["name", "xproperty_value", "tags"]:
+                print indent + opt + " = <regex>"
+            elif opt in ["key"]:
+                print indent + opt + " = <key>"
+            elif opt in ["keylist"]:
+                print indent + opt + " = <key, ...>"
+            elif opt in ["modkey"]:
+                print indent + opt + " = <mod>"
+            elif opt in ["arg"]:
+                print indent + opt + " = <uicb-arg>"
+            elif opt in ["command"]:
+                print indent + opt + " = <uicb-cmd>"
+            elif opt in ["float", "master"]:
+                print indent + opt + " = <{auto,true,false}>"
+            elif opt in ["show"]:
+                print indent + opt + " = <{all,tags,focus}>"
+            elif opt in ["floating_placement"]:
+                print indent + opt + " = <{smart,under_mouse}>"
+            elif opt in ["layout"]:
+                print indent + opt + " = <layout>"
+            else:
+                print indent + opt + " = " + sections[sec][opt]
+
+def sections_get(file):
+    global sections, section_desc
+    section_doc = {} # holds all items from a section
+    section_begin = False
+    for line in file.readlines():
+        if line.startswith("cfg_opt_t"):
+            section_name = (line.split(" ", 1)[1]).split("[]")[0]
+            section_begin = True
+        elif section_begin and line.startswith("};"):
+            section_begin = False
+            sections[section_name] = section_doc
+            section_doc = {}
+        elif section_begin and line.startswith("    CFG_"):
+            if line.startswith("    CFG_AWESOME_END"):
+                continue
+            option_title = line.split("\"")[1].split("\"")[0]
+
+            if line.startswith("    CFG_INT"):
+                section_doc[option_title] = "<integer>"
+            elif line.startswith("    CFG_BOOL"):
+                section_doc[option_title] = "<boolean>"
+            elif line.startswith("    CFG_FLOAT"):
+                section_doc[option_title] = "<float>"
+            elif line.startswith("    CFG_ALIGNMENT"):
+                section_doc[option_title] = "<alignment>"
+            elif line.startswith("    CFG_POSITION"):
+                section_doc[option_title] = "<position>"
+            elif line.startswith("    CFG_STR_LIST"):
+                section_doc[option_title] = "<string-list>"
+            elif line.startswith("    CFG_STR"):
+                section_doc[option_title] = "<string>"
+            elif line.startswith("    CFG_SEC"):
+                secname = (line.split(", ")[1]).split(",", 1)[0]
+                str = ""
+                if line.find("CFGF_NO_TITLE_DUPES") != -1:
+                    str += " <identifier>"
+                elif line.find("CFGF_TITLE") != -1:
+                    str += " <title>"
+                if line.find("CFGF_MULTI") != -1:
+                    str += " [MULTI]"
+                section_desc[secname] = str
+                section_doc[option_title] = "<SECTION>" + secname
+
+        lastline = line
+
+sections_get(file(sys.argv[1]))
+
+sections_print("awesome_opts")
+
+# vim: filetype=python:expandtab:shiftwidth=4:tabstop=8:softtabstop=4:encoding=utf-8:textwidth=80