diff --git a/easybuild/main.py b/easybuild/main.py
index 820c96203f..7d89f482bd 100755
--- a/easybuild/main.py
+++ b/easybuild/main.py
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
 from easybuild.tools.filetools import adjust_permissions, cleanup, write_file
 from easybuild.tools.github import new_pr, update_pr
 from easybuild.tools.options import parse_external_modules_metadata, process_software_build_specs
-from easybuild.tools.robot import det_robot_path, dry_run, resolve_dependencies, search_easyconfigs
+from easybuild.tools.robot import det_robot_path, dry_run, resolve_dependencies, search_easyconfigs, dump_easyconfig_info
 from easybuild.tools.package.utilities import check_pkg_support
 from easybuild.tools.parallelbuild import submit_jobs
 from easybuild.tools.repository.repository import init_repository
@@ -305,6 +305,11 @@ def main(args=None, logfile=None, do_build=None, testing=False):
     if try_to_generate and build_specs and not generated_ecs:
         easyconfigs = tweak(easyconfigs, build_specs, targetdir=tweaked_ecs_path)
 
+    # dry_run: print all easyconfigs and dependencies, and whether they are already built
+    if options.dump_easyconfig_info:
+        txt = dump_easyconfig_info(easyconfigs)
+        print_msg(txt, log=_log, silent=testing, prefix=False)
+
     # dry_run: print all easyconfigs and dependencies, and whether they are already built
     if options.dry_run or options.dry_run_short:
         txt = dry_run(easyconfigs, short=not options.dry_run)
diff --git a/easybuild/tools/options.py b/easybuild/tools/options.py
index 603a9ac601..cee9bfe843 100644
--- a/easybuild/tools/options.py
+++ b/easybuild/tools/options.py
@@ -402,6 +402,8 @@ def informative_options(self):
                                            None, 'store_true', False),
             'dep-graph': ("Create dependency graph", None, "store", None, {'metavar': 'depgraph.<ext>'}),
             'last-log': ("Print location to EasyBuild log file of last (failed) session", None, 'store_true', False),
+            'dump-easyconfig-info': ("Dump information, like easyblock, patches, modulename for one or more" +
+                                     " easyconfigs in a parseable format", None, 'store_true', False),
             'list-easyblocks': ("Show list of available easyblocks",
                                 'choice', 'store_or_None', 'simple', ['simple', 'detailed']),
             'list-toolchains': ("Show list of known toolchains",
diff --git a/easybuild/tools/robot.py b/easybuild/tools/robot.py
index 5645f61f09..9c9cc9b83c 100644
--- a/easybuild/tools/robot.py
+++ b/easybuild/tools/robot.py
@@ -62,6 +62,86 @@ def det_robot_path(robot_paths_option, tweaked_ecs_path, pr_path, auto_robot=Fal
 
     return robot_path
 
+def dump_easyconfig_info(easyconfigs, terse=False):
+    """Dump EasyConfig file(-s) information like EasyConfig files, EasyBlocks, patches, module names..."""
+    # maybe dump in JSON format?
+    # see python JSON
+    import json
+
+    if build_option('robot_path') is None:
+        all_specs = easyconfigs
+    else:
+        all_specs = resolve_dependencies(easyconfigs,
+                                         minimal_toolchains = build_option('minimal_toolchains'),
+                                         use_existing_modules = build_option('use_existing_modules'),
+                                         retain_all_deps=True)
+    listed_ec_paths = [spec['spec'] for spec in easyconfigs]
+
+    specdata = {}
+    for spec in all_specs:
+        from easybuild.framework.easyconfig.easyconfig import EasyConfig
+        from easybuild.framework.easyblock import EasyBlock
+        ec = EasyConfig(spec['spec'], validate=False)
+        specfile = os.path.basename(spec['spec'])
+        specdata[specfile] = {}
+        item = specdata[specfile]
+
+        item['spec'] = spec['spec']
+        item['short_mod_name'] = spec['short_mod_name']
+        item['hidden'] = True 
+        item['name'] = ec['name'] 
+        item['version'] = ec['version']
+        item['versionsuffix'] = ec['versionsuffix']
+        item['dependencies'] = ec['dependencies']
+        item['hiddendependencies'] = ec['hiddendependencies']
+        item['builddependencies'] = ec['builddependencies']
+
+        patchf = None
+        item['patches'] = []
+        for f in ec['patches']:
+            if isinstance(f, (list, tuple)):
+                patchf = f[0]
+            else:
+                patchf = f
+            dummyblock = EasyBlock(ec)
+            item['patches'].append(EasyBlock.obtain_file(dummyblock, patchf))
+
+        # find easyblock and all parent easyblocks
+        import sys
+        from easybuild.framework.easyconfig.easyconfig import EasyConfig, get_easyblock_class
+        try:
+            easyblock_modfile = sys.modules[get_easyblock_class(ec['easyblock'], ec['name']).__module__].__file__
+        except AttributeError:
+            sys.exit('Module does not have __file__ defined.')
+
+        easyblock = get_easyblock_class(ec['easyblock'], ec['name'])
+        item['easyblock'] = {'name': easyblock.__name__,
+            'path': sys.modules[easyblock.__module__].__file__.replace(".pyc", ".py")
+        }
+        item['parenteasyblocks'] = []
+        eblock = easyblock
+        
+        while eblock.__name__ is not 'EasyBlock':
+            eblock = eblock.__base__
+            item['parenteasyblocks'].append({'name': eblock.__name__,
+                'path': os.path.realpath(sys.modules[eblock.__module__].__file__.replace(".pyc", ".py"))
+            })
+
+        easyblock_modfile = os.path.realpath(
+            sys.modules[get_easyblock_class(ec['easyblock'], ec['name']).__module__].__file__
+        )
+        if easyblock_modfile.endswith('.pyc') and os.path.exists(easyblock_modfile[:-1]):
+            easyblock_modfile = easyblock_modfile[:-1]
+        easyblock_modfile = os.path.realpath(easyblock_modfile)
+        item['toolchain'] = ec['toolchain']
+        item['full_mod_name'] = ec.full_mod_name
+
+    # maybe use --terse to display Human readable format?
+    if terse:
+        print json.dumps(specdata, sort_keys=True, indent=4)
+    else:
+        print json.dumps(specdata, sort_keys=True, indent=4)
+        return json.dumps(specdata)
 
 def dry_run(easyconfigs, short=False):
     """