diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index dc4fdb36..489be208 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 xbps-0.6.0 (2010-07-01):
 
+ * xbps-bin(8): added a new target 'show-orphans' that list all package
+   orphans currently installed.
+
  * Removed asciidoc build dependency, simply use the troff manpages.
 
 xbps-0.5.0 (2010-05-01):
diff --git a/bin/xbps-bin/defs.h b/bin/xbps-bin/defs.h
index abc5d75f..f2f33f35 100644
--- a/bin/xbps-bin/defs.h
+++ b/bin/xbps-bin/defs.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*-
- * Copyright (c) 2009 Juan Romero Pardines.
+ * Copyright (c) 2009-2010 Juan Romero Pardines.
  * All rights reserved.
  *
  * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 int	xbps_install_new_pkg(const char *);
 int	xbps_update_pkg(const char *);
 int	xbps_autoupdate_pkgs(bool);
-int	xbps_autoremove_pkgs(bool, bool);
+int	xbps_autoremove_pkgs(bool, bool, bool);
 int	xbps_exec_transaction(bool);
 int	xbps_remove_installed_pkgs(int, char **, bool, bool);
 int	xbps_check_pkg_integrity(const char *);
diff --git a/bin/xbps-bin/main.c b/bin/xbps-bin/main.c
index 254c0793..3ffe8fa0 100644
--- a/bin/xbps-bin/main.c
+++ b/bin/xbps-bin/main.c
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ usage(void)
 	"    show\t\t<pkgname>\n"
 	"    show-deps\t\t<pkgname>\n"
 	"    show-files\t\t<pkgname>\n"
+	"    show-orphans\n"
 	"    show-revdeps\t<pkgname>\n"
 	"    update\t\t<pkgname(s)>\n"
 	" Options shared by all targets:\n"
@@ -268,6 +269,16 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 
 		rv = xbps_autoupdate_pkgs(yes);
 
+	} else if (strcasecmp(argv[0], "show-orphans") == 0) {
+		/*
+		 * Only show the package name of all currently package
+		 * orphans.
+		 */
+		if (argc != 1)
+			usage();
+
+		rv = xbps_autoremove_pkgs(yes, purge, true);
+
 	} else if (strcasecmp(argv[0], "autoremove") == 0) {
 		/*
 		 * Removes orphan pkgs. These packages were installed
@@ -277,7 +288,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 		if (argc != 1)
 			usage();
 
-		rv = xbps_autoremove_pkgs(yes, purge);
+		rv = xbps_autoremove_pkgs(yes, purge, false);
 
 	} else if (strcasecmp(argv[0], "purge") == 0) {
 		/*
diff --git a/bin/xbps-bin/remove.c b/bin/xbps-bin/remove.c
index f0965507..3dc78028 100644
--- a/bin/xbps-bin/remove.c
+++ b/bin/xbps-bin/remove.c
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ pkg_remove_and_purge(const char *pkgname, const char *version, bool purge)
 }
 
 int
-xbps_autoremove_pkgs(bool force, bool purge)
+xbps_autoremove_pkgs(bool force, bool purge, bool only_show)
 {
 	prop_array_t orphans = NULL;
 	prop_object_t obj = NULL;
@@ -115,6 +115,9 @@ xbps_autoremove_pkgs(bool force, bool purge)
 	prop_object_iterator_reset(iter);
 	printf("\n\n");
 
+	if (only_show)
+		goto out;
+
 	if (!force && !xbps_noyes("Do you want to continue?")) {
 		printf("Cancelled!\n");
 		goto out;
diff --git a/bin/xbps-bin/xbps-bin.8 b/bin/xbps-bin/xbps-bin.8
index aa215177..180c60e7 100644
--- a/bin/xbps-bin/xbps-bin.8
+++ b/bin/xbps-bin/xbps-bin.8
@@ -228,6 +228,13 @@ Shows the list of files that
 contains\&.
 .RE
 .PP
+\fBshow\-orphans\fR
+.RS 4
+Shows the list of package orphans currently installed. Package orphans
+are packages that were installed as dependencies of another package, but
+no other package currently depends on.
+.RE
+.PP
 \fBshow\-revdeps \fR\fB\fIpkgname\fR\fR
 .RS 4
 Shows the reverse dependencies for