diff --git a/Gitolite/Conf/Load.pm b/Gitolite/Conf/Load.pm
index 130850a..cc88225 100644
--- a/Gitolite/Conf/Load.pm
+++ b/Gitolite/Conf/Load.pm
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ package Gitolite::Conf::Load;
   list_groups
   list_users
   list_repos
+  list_memberships
 );
 
 use Exporter 'import';
@@ -242,6 +243,23 @@ Usage:  gitolite list-repos
     return (sort_u(\@r));
 }
 
+sub list_memberships {
+
+    die "
+Usage:  gitolite list-memberships <name>
+
+  - list all groups a name is a member of
+  - takes one user/repo name
+
+" if @ARGV and $ARGV[0] eq '-h' or not @ARGV and not @_;
+
+    my $name = ( @_ ? shift @_ : shift @ARGV );
+
+    load_common();
+    my @m = memberships($name);
+    return (sort_u(\@m));
+}
+
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 {
diff --git a/gitolite b/gitolite
index 6adc347..5d5f3dd 100755
--- a/gitolite
+++ b/gitolite
@@ -14,9 +14,12 @@ The following subcommands are available; they should all respond to '-h':
     list-groups                 list all group names in conf
     list-users                  list all users/user groups in conf
     list-repos                  list all repos/repo groups in conf
+    list-memberships            list all groups a name is a member of
 
 Warnings:
-  - list-users is disk bound and could take a while on sites with thousands of repos
+  - list-users is disk bound and could take a while on sites with 1000s of repos
+  - list-memberships does not check if the name is known; unknown names come
+    back with 2 answers: the name itself and '@all'
 =cut
 
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -71,5 +74,10 @@ sub args {
         require Gitolite::Conf::Load;
         Gitolite::Conf::Load->import;
         print "$_\n" for ( @{ list_repos() } );
+    } elsif ( $command eq 'list-memberships' ) {
+        shift @ARGV;
+        require Gitolite::Conf::Load;
+        Gitolite::Conf::Load->import;
+        print "$_\n" for ( @{ list_memberships() } );
     }
 }