diff --git a/tools/patman/gitutil.py b/tools/patman/gitutil.py
index 9e739d89b6ff7ac261d6bc96b6c66def4b7d2937..5f1b4f6e7641065766dbbe4d22b8c96ffaa8feca 100644
--- a/tools/patman/gitutil.py
+++ b/tools/patman/gitutil.py
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ def BuildEmailList(in_list, tag=None, alias=None, raise_on_error=True):
     return result
 
 def EmailPatches(series, cover_fname, args, dry_run, raise_on_error, cc_fname,
-        self_only=False, alias=None, in_reply_to=None):
+        self_only=False, alias=None, in_reply_to=None, thread=False):
     """Email a patch series.
 
     Args:
@@ -342,6 +342,8 @@ def EmailPatches(series, cover_fname, args, dry_run, raise_on_error, cc_fname,
         self_only: True to just email to yourself as a test
         in_reply_to: If set we'll pass this to git as --in-reply-to.
             Should be a message ID that this is in reply to.
+        thread: True to add --thread to git send-email (make
+            all patches reply to cover-letter or first patch in series)
 
     Returns:
         Git command that was/would be run
@@ -400,6 +402,8 @@ def EmailPatches(series, cover_fname, args, dry_run, raise_on_error, cc_fname,
     cmd = ['git', 'send-email', '--annotate']
     if in_reply_to:
         cmd.append('--in-reply-to="%s"' % in_reply_to)
+    if thread:
+        cmd.append('--thread')
 
     cmd += to
     cmd += cc
diff --git a/tools/patman/patman.py b/tools/patman/patman.py
index 6fe8fe068c36f5028c1ccb3ed65fc994450c11a6..d05c5ff8e1d317a240896f04b5f03a642b743c6b 100755
--- a/tools/patman/patman.py
+++ b/tools/patman/patman.py
@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ parser.add_option('--no-check', action='store_false', dest='check_patch',
                   help="Don't check for patch compliance")
 parser.add_option('--no-tags', action='store_false', dest='process_tags',
                   default=True, help="Don't process subject tags as aliaes")
+parser.add_option('-T', '--thread', action='store_true', dest='thread',
+                  default=False, help='Create patches as a single thread')
 
 parser.usage += """
 
@@ -161,7 +163,7 @@ else:
     if its_a_go:
         cmd = gitutil.EmailPatches(series, cover_fname, args,
                 options.dry_run, not options.ignore_bad_tags, cc_file,
-                in_reply_to=options.in_reply_to)
+                in_reply_to=options.in_reply_to, thread=options.thread)
     else:
         print col.Color(col.RED, "Not sending emails due to errors/warnings")