diff --git a/scripts/projects.py b/scripts/projects.py
index d0c98af1..db520787 100644
--- a/scripts/projects.py
+++ b/scripts/projects.py
@@ -516,6 +516,14 @@ def cmd_check(args_):
             ' '.join(args.module))
     exit(0)
 
+def cmd_getval(args_):
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Get value from project config')
+    parser.add_argument('--project', default = top_name, help = 'Project name')
+    parser.add_argument('section', default = '', help = 'Config section')
+    parser.add_argument('key', default = '', help = 'Config key')
+    args=parser.parse_args(args_)
+    print(get_value(args.project, args.section, args.key))
+
 # -------------------------------------------------------------------- here we go
 
 global_args = []