diff --git a/tools/testing/ktest/compare-ktest-sample.pl b/tools/testing/ktest/compare-ktest-sample.pl
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..9a571e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/ktest/compare-ktest-sample.pl
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#!/usr/bin/perl
+
+open (IN,"ktest.pl");
+while (<IN>) {
+    if (/\$opt\{"?([A-Z].*?)(\[.*\])?"?\}/ ||
+	/set_test_option\("(.*?)"/) {
+	$opt{$1} = 1;
+    }
+}
+close IN;
+
+open (IN, "sample.conf");
+while (<IN>) {
+    if (/^\s*#?\s*(\S+)\s*=/) {
+	$samp{$1} = 1;
+    }
+}
+close IN;
+
+foreach $opt (keys %opt) {
+    if (!defined($samp{$opt})) {
+	print "opt = $opt\n";
+    }
+}
+
+foreach $samp (keys %samp) {
+    if (!defined($opt{$samp})) {
+	print "samp = $samp\n";
+    }
+}