diff --git a/openstack_releases/cmds/list_changes.py b/openstack_releases/cmds/list_changes.py
index cb26c0f762..60785ac950 100644
--- a/openstack_releases/cmds/list_changes.py
+++ b/openstack_releases/cmds/list_changes.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ from __future__ import print_function
 import argparse
 import atexit
 import glob
+import json
 import os
 import os.path
 import shutil
@@ -27,6 +28,8 @@ import subprocess
 import sys
 import tempfile
 
+import requests
+
 from openstack_releases import defaults
 from openstack_releases import gitutils
 from openstack_releases import governance
@@ -106,6 +109,41 @@ def git_diff(workdir, repo, git_range, file_pattern):
             print()
 
 
+def gerrit_query(*query):
+    url = 'https://review.openstack.org/changes/?q=' + '+'.join(query)
+    response = requests.get(url)
+    if response.content[:4] == b")]}'":
+        content = response.content[5:].decode('utf-8')
+        return json.loads(content)
+    else:
+        print('could not parse response from %s' % url)
+        print(repr(content))
+        raise RuntimeError('failed to parse gerrit response')
+
+
+def list_gerrit_patches(title, template, query):
+    header('{}: "{}"'.format(title, query))
+    reviews = gerrit_query(query)
+    for r in reviews:
+        print(template.format(**r))
+    print('{} results\n'.format(len(reviews)))
+
+
+def show_watched_queries(branch, repo):
+    with open('watched_queries.yml', 'r', encoding='utf-8') as f:
+        watched_queries = yamlutils.loads(f.read())
+    template = watched_queries['template']
+    for q in watched_queries['queries']:
+        list_gerrit_patches(
+            q['title'],
+            q.get('template', template),
+            q['query'].format(
+                branch=branch,
+                project=repo,
+            ),
+        )
+
+
 def main():
     if not sys.stdout.encoding:
         # Wrap sys.stdout with a writer that knows how to handle
@@ -342,6 +380,8 @@ def main():
                         '%s..%s' % (requested_sha, head_sha),
                         extra_args=['--format=%h %ci %s'])
 
+            show_watched_queries(branch, project['repo'])
+
             # Show any requirements changes in the upcoming release.
             # Include setup.cfg, in case the project uses "extras".
             if start_range:
diff --git a/watched_queries.yml b/watched_queries.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..aa9a4466bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/watched_queries.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+---
+# The template string shows how to format the info for each review.
+# A review contains:
+# {'_number': 490743,
+#  'mergeable': True,
+#  'subject': 'Updated from global requirements',
+#  'project': 'openstack/congress',
+#  'owner': {'_account_id': 11131},
+#  'branch': 'master',
+#  'insertions': 1,
+#  'created': '2017-08-04 04:31:47.000000000',
+#  'deletions': 1,
+#  'id': 'openstack%2Fcongress~master~I52e06d42a25e1780984fbf37fe9cd2c7e4bc8a9f',
+#  'hashtags': [],
+#  'topic': 'openstack/requirements',
+#  'status': 'NEW',
+#  'updated': '2017-08-04 11:12:50.000000000',
+#  'change_id': 'I52e06d42a25e1780984fbf37fe9cd2c7e4bc8a9f'}
+
+template: |
+  [{status}] {subject}
+      Updated: {updated}
+      Topic: {topic}
+      https://review.openstack.org/{_number}
+   
+
+# The query items need a title, to be displayed above the output, and
+# a query string. The query string can include {branch} and {project},
+# which will be replaced with the full branch name and the git
+# repository name respectively.
+
+queries:
+  - title: Open patches from the proposal bot
+    query: "is:open branch:{branch} project:{project} owner:proposal-bot"
+  - title: Documentation patches
+    query: "is:open branch:{branch} project:{project} path:^doc/source/.*"