diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c2ed4ecb0acd..d47ecbb26d72 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -114,3 +114,6 @@ all.config
 
 # Kdevelop4
 *.kdev4
+
+# fetched Android config fragments
+kernel/configs/android-*.cfg
diff --git a/kernel/configs/android-fetch-configs.sh b/kernel/configs/android-fetch-configs.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..a5b56d4908dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kernel/configs/android-fetch-configs.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+curl https://android.googlesource.com/kernel/configs/+archive/master/android-4.9.tar.gz | tar xzv
+