diff --git a/tools/testing/ktest/ktest.pl b/tools/testing/ktest/ktest.pl
index 55ab700..3b7a180 100755
--- a/tools/testing/ktest/ktest.pl
+++ b/tools/testing/ktest/ktest.pl
@@ -194,6 +194,7 @@
 
 my $patchcheck_type;
 my $patchcheck_start;
+my $patchcheck_cherry;
 my $patchcheck_end;
 
 # set when a test is something other that just building or install
@@ -320,6 +321,7 @@
 
     "PATCHCHECK_TYPE"		=> \$patchcheck_type,
     "PATCHCHECK_START"		=> \$patchcheck_start,
+    "PATCHCHECK_CHERRY"		=> \$patchcheck_cherry,
     "PATCHCHECK_END"		=> \$patchcheck_end,
 );
 
@@ -3181,9 +3183,16 @@
 
     my $start = $patchcheck_start;
 
+    my $cherry = $patchcheck_cherry;
+    if (!defined($cherry)) {
+	$cherry = 0;
+    }
+
     my $end = "HEAD";
     if (defined($patchcheck_end)) {
 	$end = $patchcheck_end;
+    } elsif ($cherry) {
+	die "PATCHCHECK_END must be defined with PATCHCHECK_CHERRY\n";
     }
 
     # Get the true sha1's since we can use things like HEAD~3
@@ -3197,24 +3206,38 @@
 	$type = "boot";
     }
 
-    open (IN, "git log --pretty=oneline $end|") or
-	dodie "could not get git list";
+    if ($cherry) {
+	open (IN, "git cherry -v $start $end|") or
+	    dodie "could not get git list";
+    } else {
+	open (IN, "git log --pretty=oneline $end|") or
+	    dodie "could not get git list";
+    }
 
     my @list;
 
     while (<IN>) {
 	chomp;
+	# git cherry adds a '+' we want to remove
+	s/^\+ //;
 	$list[$#list+1] = $_;
 	last if (/^$start/);
     }
     close(IN);
 
-    if ($list[$#list] !~ /^$start/) {
-	fail "SHA1 $start not found";
+    if (!$cherry) {
+	if ($list[$#list] !~ /^$start/) {
+	    fail "SHA1 $start not found";
+	}
+
+	# go backwards in the list
+	@list = reverse @list;
     }
 
-    # go backwards in the list
-    @list = reverse @list;
+    doprint("Going to test the following commits:\n");
+    foreach my $l (@list) {
+	doprint "$l\n";
+    }
 
     my $save_clean = $noclean;
     my %ignored_warnings;