diff --git a/utils/releasetools/changelog.tcl b/utils/releasetools/changelog.tcl
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..bf0ad999e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/releasetools/changelog.tcl
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env tclsh
+
+if {[llength $::argv] != 2} {
+    puts "Usage: $::argv0 <branch> <version>"
+    exit 1
+}
+
+set branch [lindex $::argv 0]
+set ver [lindex $::argv 1]
+
+set template {
+================================================================================
+Redis %ver%     Released %date%
+================================================================================
+
+Upgrade urgency <URGENCY>: <DESCRIPTION>
+}
+
+set template [string trim $template]
+append template "\n\n"
+set date [clock format [clock seconds]]
+set template [string map [list %ver% $ver %date% $date] $template]
+
+append template [exec git log $branch~30..$branch "--format=format:+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------%n| %s%n| By %an, %ai%n+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------%nhttps://github.com/antirez/redis/commit/%H%n%n%b" --stat]
+
+puts $template