diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b1020b875fc006c81ed92ffb93e73876487c7c57..833ef3b0b783b8180d0dad1ce336713bddf09b26 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@
 /git-read-tree
 /git-rebase
 /git-rebase--am
+/git-rebase--helper
 /git-rebase--interactive
 /git-rebase--merge
 /git-receive-pack
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 8e4081e0619f8a9927a3a4c544048f576a194fd0..29f8663509416777e036fc43c9f67155bd7cbb26 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -932,6 +932,7 @@ BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin/prune.o
 BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin/pull.o
 BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin/push.o
 BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin/read-tree.o
+BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin/rebase--helper.o
 BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin/receive-pack.o
 BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin/reflog.o
 BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin/remote.o
diff --git a/builtin.h b/builtin.h
index 67f80519dafc4875434437a34e438453bc2c78c4..9e4a89816d5fbde0ed0b3bebff8f90f70dd4480d 100644
--- a/builtin.h
+++ b/builtin.h
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ extern int cmd_prune_packed(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix);
 extern int cmd_pull(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix);
 extern int cmd_push(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix);
 extern int cmd_read_tree(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix);
+extern int cmd_rebase__helper(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix);
 extern int cmd_receive_pack(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix);
 extern int cmd_reflog(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix);
 extern int cmd_remote(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix);
diff --git a/builtin/rebase--helper.c b/builtin/rebase--helper.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ca1ebb2fa18a221446e5f8458e1f30528c31ed98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/builtin/rebase--helper.c
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+#include "builtin.h"
+#include "cache.h"
+#include "parse-options.h"
+#include "sequencer.h"
+
+static const char * const builtin_rebase_helper_usage[] = {
+	N_("git rebase--helper [<options>]"),
+	NULL
+};
+
+int cmd_rebase__helper(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
+{
+	struct replay_opts opts = REPLAY_OPTS_INIT;
+	enum {
+		CONTINUE = 1, ABORT
+	} command = 0;
+	struct option options[] = {
+		OPT_BOOL(0, "ff", &opts.allow_ff, N_("allow fast-forward")),
+		OPT_CMDMODE(0, "continue", &command, N_("continue rebase"),
+				CONTINUE),
+		OPT_CMDMODE(0, "abort", &command, N_("abort rebase"),
+				ABORT),
+		OPT_END()
+	};
+
+	git_config(git_default_config, NULL);
+
+	opts.action = REPLAY_INTERACTIVE_REBASE;
+	opts.allow_ff = 1;
+	opts.allow_empty = 1;
+
+	argc = parse_options(argc, argv, NULL, options,
+			builtin_rebase_helper_usage, PARSE_OPT_KEEP_ARGV0);
+
+	if (command == CONTINUE && argc == 1)
+		return !!sequencer_continue(&opts);
+	if (command == ABORT && argc == 1)
+		return !!sequencer_remove_state(&opts);
+	usage_with_options(builtin_rebase_helper_usage, options);
+}
diff --git a/git.c b/git.c
index c887272b129968db161a152ce8a91aca4439ca3c..33f52acbcc8647e10e5d675806ca03d33fed899d 100644
--- a/git.c
+++ b/git.c
@@ -473,6 +473,7 @@ static struct cmd_struct commands[] = {
 	{ "pull", cmd_pull, RUN_SETUP | NEED_WORK_TREE },
 	{ "push", cmd_push, RUN_SETUP },
 	{ "read-tree", cmd_read_tree, RUN_SETUP | SUPPORT_SUPER_PREFIX},
+	{ "rebase--helper", cmd_rebase__helper, RUN_SETUP | NEED_WORK_TREE },
 	{ "receive-pack", cmd_receive_pack },
 	{ "reflog", cmd_reflog, RUN_SETUP },
 	{ "remote", cmd_remote, RUN_SETUP },