diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index fd3a35592543..fa3e5f1d0808 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -112,3 +112,6 @@ all.config
 
 # Kdevelop4
 *.kdev4
+
+# fetched Android config fragments
+android/configs/android-*.cfg
diff --git a/android/configs/android-fetch-configs.sh b/android/configs/android-fetch-configs.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..9915c1356ed3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/android/configs/android-fetch-configs.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+curl https://android.googlesource.com/kernel/configs/+archive/master/android-4.4.tar.gz | tar xzv
+