diff --git a/bitbake/bin/toaster-eventreplay b/bitbake/bin/toaster-eventreplay
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..615a7ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bitbake/bin/toaster-eventreplay
@@ -0,0 +1,174 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# ex:ts=4:sw=4:sts=4:et
+# -*- tab-width: 4; c-basic-offset: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil -*-
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2014        Alex Damian
+#
+# This file re-uses code spread throughout other Bitbake source files.
+# As such, all other copyrights belong to their own right holders.
+#
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
+# published by the Free Software Foundation.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+# with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+# 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+
+
+# This command takes a filename as a single parameter. The filename is read
+# as a build eventlog, and the ToasterUI is used to process events in the file
+# and log data in the database
+
+from __future__ import print_function
+import os
+import sys, logging
+
+# mangle syspath to allow easy import of modules
+sys.path.insert(0, os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))),
+                                'lib'))
+
+
+import bb.cooker
+from bb.ui import toasterui
+import sys
+import logging
+
+import json, pickle
+
+
+class FileReadEventsServerConnection():
+    """  Emulates a connection to a bitbake server that feeds
+        events coming actually read from a saved log file.
+    """
+
+    class MockConnection():
+        """ fill-in for the proxy to the server. we just return generic data
+        """
+        def __init__(self, sc):
+            self._sc = sc
+
+        def runCommand(self, commandArray):
+            """ emulates running a command on the server; only read-only commands are accepted """
+            command_name = commandArray[0]
+
+            if command_name == "getVariable":
+                if commandArray[1] in self._sc._variables:
+                    return (self._sc._variables[commandArray[1]]['v'], None)
+                return (None, "Missing variable")
+
+            elif command_name == "getAllKeysWithFlags":
+                dump = {}
+                flaglist = commandArray[1]
+                for k in self._sc._variables.keys():
+                    try:
+                        if not k.startswith("__"):
+                            v = self._sc._variables[k]['v']
+                            dump[k] = {
+                                'v' : v ,
+                                'history' : self._sc._variables[k]['history'],
+                            }
+                            for d in flaglist:
+                                dump[k][d] = self._sc._variables[k][d]
+                    except Exception as e:
+                        print(e)
+                return (dump, None)
+            else:
+                raise Exception("Command %s not implemented" % commandArray[0])
+
+        def terminateServer(self):
+            """ do not do anything """
+            pass
+
+
+
+    class EventReader():
+        def __init__(self, sc):
+            self._sc = sc
+            self.firstraise = 0
+
+        def _create_event(self, line):
+            def _import_class(name):
+                assert len(name) > 0
+                assert "." in name, name
+
+                components = name.strip().split(".")
+                modulename = ".".join(components[:-1])
+                moduleklass = components[-1]
+
+                module = __import__(modulename, fromlist=[str(moduleklass)])
+                return getattr(module, moduleklass)
+
+            # we build a toaster event out of current event log line
+            try:
+                event_data = json.loads(line.strip())
+                event_class = _import_class(event_data['class'])
+                event_object = pickle.loads(json.loads(event_data['vars']))
+            except ValueError as e:
+                print("Failed loading ", line)
+                raise e
+
+            if not isinstance(event_object, event_class):
+                raise Exception("Error loading objects %s class %s ", event_object, event_class)
+
+            return event_object
+
+        def waitEvent(self, timeout):
+
+            nextline = self._sc._eventfile.readline()
+            if len(nextline) == 0:
+                # the build data ended, while toasterui still waits for events.
+                # this happens when the server was abruptly stopped, so we simulate this
+                self.firstraise += 1
+                if self.firstraise == 1:
+                    raise KeyboardInterrupt()
+                else:
+                    return None
+            else:
+                self._sc.lineno += 1
+            return self._create_event(nextline)
+
+
+    def _readVariables(self, variableline):
+        self._variables = json.loads(variableline.strip())['allvariables']
+
+
+    def __init__(self, file_name):
+        self.connection = FileReadEventsServerConnection.MockConnection(self)
+        self._eventfile = open(file_name, "r")
+
+        # we expect to have the variable dump at the start of the file
+        self.lineno = 1
+        self._readVariables(self._eventfile.readline())
+
+        self.events = FileReadEventsServerConnection.EventReader(self)
+
+
+
+
+
+class MockConfigParameters():
+    """ stand-in for cookerdata.ConfigParameters; as we don't really config a cooker, this
+        serves just to supply needed interfaces for the toaster ui to work """
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.observe_only = True            # we can only read files
+
+
+# run toaster ui on our mock bitbake class
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    if len(sys.argv) < 2:
+        print("Usage: %s event.log " % sys.argv[0])
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    file_name = sys.argv[-1]
+    mock_connection = FileReadEventsServerConnection(file_name)
+    configParams = MockConfigParameters()
+
+    # run the main program and set exit code to the returned value
+    sys.exit(toasterui.main(mock_connection.connection, mock_connection.events, configParams))