diff --git a/tools/patman/README b/tools/patman/README
index 86d366fe9bf5c817be59d084cd45ea0e88fcc083..9922f2a37ae788c9c9b41ceb97a765b822fcfa1b 100644
--- a/tools/patman/README
+++ b/tools/patman/README
@@ -182,6 +182,10 @@ END
 	Sets the cover letter contents for the series. The first line
 	will become the subject of the cover letter
 
+Cover-letter-cc: email / alias
+	Additional email addresses / aliases to send cover letter to (you
+	can add this multiple times)
+
 Series-notes:
 blah blah
 blah blah
@@ -263,7 +267,13 @@ will create a patch which is copied to x86, arm, sandbox, mikef, ag and
 afleming.
 
 If you have a cover letter it will get sent to the union of the CC lists of
-all of the other patches.
+all of the other patches. If you want to sent it to additional people you
+can add a tag:
+
+Cover-letter-cc: <list of addresses>
+
+These people will get the cover letter even if they are not on the To/Cc
+list for any of the patches.
 
 
 Example Work Flow
diff --git a/tools/patman/patchstream.py b/tools/patman/patchstream.py
index 91542adb9b0c6f0afdc4c22308c486790847ac60..5c2d3bc9b0cef923b8377320971e82c2e7d7c13e 100644
--- a/tools/patman/patchstream.py
+++ b/tools/patman/patchstream.py
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ re_signoff = re.compile('^Signed-off-by:')
 # The start of the cover letter
 re_cover = re.compile('^Cover-letter:')
 
+# A cover letter Cc
+re_cover_cc = re.compile('^Cover-letter-cc: *(.*)')
+
 # Patch series tag
 re_series = re.compile('^Series-(\w*): *(.*)')
 
@@ -153,6 +156,7 @@ class PatchStream:
         # Handle state transition and skipping blank lines
         series_match = re_series.match(line)
         commit_match = re_commit.match(line) if self.is_log else None
+        cover_cc_match = re_cover_cc.match(line)
         tag_match = None
         if self.state == STATE_PATCH_HEADER:
             tag_match = re_tag.match(line)
@@ -205,6 +209,10 @@ class PatchStream:
             self.in_section = 'cover'
             self.skip_blank = False
 
+        elif cover_cc_match:
+            value = cover_cc_match.group(1)
+            self.AddToSeries(line, 'cover-cc', value)
+
         # If we are in a change list, key collected lines until a blank one
         elif self.in_change:
             if is_blank:
diff --git a/tools/patman/series.py b/tools/patman/series.py
index 6c5c5702e84bf82ad9eaf0b51e62b75d7f9fabeb..44ad931cf8758eb1b758d1e0e5b44f3d212da81e 100644
--- a/tools/patman/series.py
+++ b/tools/patman/series.py
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ import gitutil
 import terminal
 
 # Series-xxx tags that we understand
-valid_series = ['to', 'cc', 'version', 'changes', 'prefix', 'notes', 'name'];
+valid_series = ['to', 'cc', 'version', 'changes', 'prefix', 'notes', 'name',
+                'cover-cc']
 
 class Series(dict):
     """Holds information about a patch series, including all tags.
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ class Series(dict):
     def __init__(self):
         self.cc = []
         self.to = []
+        self.cover_cc = []
         self.commits = []
         self.cover = None
         self.notes = []
@@ -69,6 +71,7 @@ class Series(dict):
             value: Tag value (part after 'Series-xxx: ')
         """
         # If we already have it, then add to our list
+        name = name.replace('-', '_')
         if name in self:
             values = value.split(',')
             values = [str.strip() for str in values]
@@ -140,7 +143,8 @@ class Series(dict):
         print 'Prefix:\t ', self.get('prefix')
         if self.cover:
             print 'Cover: %d lines' % len(self.cover)
-            all_ccs = itertools.chain(*self._generated_cc.values())
+            cover_cc = gitutil.BuildEmailList(self.get('cover_cc', ''))
+            all_ccs = itertools.chain(cover_cc, *self._generated_cc.values())
             for email in set(all_ccs):
                     print '      Cc: ',email
         if cmd:
@@ -232,7 +236,8 @@ class Series(dict):
             self._generated_cc[commit.patch] = list
 
         if cover_fname:
-            print >>fd, cover_fname, ', '.join(set(all_ccs))
+            cover_cc = gitutil.BuildEmailList(self.get('cover_cc', ''))
+            print >>fd, cover_fname, ', '.join(set(cover_cc + all_ccs))
 
         fd.close()
         return fname