diff --git a/buildtools/elf.py b/buildtools/elf.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4085d547b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildtools/elf.py
@@ -0,0 +1,194 @@
+import ctypes
+
+
+class ElfIdent(ctypes.Structure):
+    _pack_ = True
+    _fields_ = [
+        ("magic", ctypes.c_char * 4),
+        ("class_", ctypes.c_uint8),
+        ("data", ctypes.c_uint8),
+        ("version", ctypes.c_uint8),
+        ("os_abi", ctypes.c_uint8),
+        ("abi_version", ctypes.c_uint8),
+        ("pad", ctypes.c_uint8 * 7),
+    ]
+
+    @property
+    def is_magic_ok(self):
+        return self.magic.value == b"\x7fELF"
+
+    @property
+    def is_32bit(self):
+        return self.class_ == 1
+
+    @property
+    def is_big_endian(self):
+        return self.data == 2
+
+    def define_structures(self):
+        base_type = ctypes.LittleEndianStructure
+        if self.is_big_endian:
+            base = ctypes.BigEndianStructure
+
+        size_type = ctypes.c_uint64
+        if self.is_32bit:
+            size_type = ctypes.c_uint32
+
+        class FileHeader(base_type):
+            _pack_ = True
+            _fields_ = [
+                ("e_ident", ElfIdent),
+                ("e_type", ctypes.c_uint16),
+                ("e_machine", ctypes.c_uint16),
+                ("e_version", ctypes.c_uint32),
+                ("e_entry", size_type),
+                ("e_phoff", size_type),
+                ("e_shoff", size_type),
+                ("e_flags", ctypes.c_uint32),
+                ("e_ehsize", ctypes.c_uint16),
+                ("e_phentsize", ctypes.c_uint16),
+                ("e_phnum", ctypes.c_uint16),
+                ("e_shentsize", ctypes.c_uint16),
+                ("e_shnum", ctypes.c_uint16),
+                ("e_shstrndx", ctypes.c_uint16),
+            ]
+
+        class SectionHeader(base_type):
+            _pack_ = True
+            _fields_ = [
+                ("sh_name", ctypes.c_uint32),
+                ("sh_type", ctypes.c_uint32),
+                ("sh_flags", size_type),
+                ("sh_addr", size_type),
+                ("sh_offset", size_type),
+                ("sh_size", size_type),
+                ("sh_link", ctypes.c_uint32),
+                ("sh_info", ctypes.c_uint32),
+                ("sh_addralign", size_type),
+                ("sh_entsize", size_type),
+            ]
+
+        class Symbol32(base_type):
+            _pack_ = True
+            _fields_ = [
+                ("st_name", ctypes.c_uint32),
+                ("st_value", ctypes.c_uint32),
+                ("st_size", ctypes.c_uint32),
+                ("st_info", ctypes.c_uint8),
+                ("st_other", ctypes.c_uint8),
+                ("st_shndx", ctypes.c_uint16),
+            ]
+
+        class Symbol64(base_type):
+            _pack_ = True
+            _fields_ = [
+                ("st_name", ctypes.c_uint32),
+                ("st_info", ctypes.c_uint8),
+                ("st_other", ctypes.c_uint8),
+                ("st_shndx", ctypes.c_uint16),
+                ("st_value", ctypes.c_uint64),
+                ("st_size", ctypes.c_uint64),
+            ]
+
+        Symbol = Symbol32 if self.is_32bit else Symbol64
+
+        return FileHeader, SectionHeader, Symbol
+
+
+class Symbol:
+    def __init__(self, image, elf):
+        self._image = image
+        self._elf = elf
+
+
+    @property
+    def address(self):
+        base = self._image._sections[self._elf.st_shndx].sh_offset
+        offset = base + self._elf.st_value
+        memory = ctypes.c_char.from_buffer(self._image._data, offset)
+        return ctypes.addressof(memory)
+
+
+class Image:
+    def __init__(self, data):
+        SHN_UNDEF = 0x0000
+        SHN_XINDEX = 0xFFFF
+
+        ident = ElfIdent.from_buffer(data)
+        ElfFileHeader, ElfSectionHeader, ElfSymbol = ident.define_structures()
+
+        header = ElfFileHeader.from_buffer(data)
+
+        if header.e_shnum == SHN_UNDEF:
+            section = ElfSectionHeader.from_buffer(data, header.e_shoff)
+            sections_num = section.sh_size
+        else:
+            sections_num = header.e_shnum
+        sections_desc = ElfSectionHeader * sections_num
+        sections = sections_desc.from_buffer(data, header.e_shoff)
+
+        if header.e_shstrndx == SHN_XINDEX:
+            strings_index = sections[0].sh_link
+        else:
+            strings_index = header.e_shstrndx
+
+        symtab, strtab = Image._find_symbol_table(data, sections, ElfSymbol)
+
+        self._data = data
+        self._header = header
+        self._sections = sections
+        self._strings = sections[strings_index]
+        self._symtab = symtab
+        self._strtab = strtab
+
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _find_symbol_table(data, sections, symbol_type):
+        SHT_SYMTAB = 2
+        SHT_SYMTAB_SHNDX = 18
+
+        for section in sections:
+            if section.sh_type == SHT_SYMTAB:
+                symbol_count = section.sh_size // ctypes.sizeof(symbol_type)
+                symtab_desc = symbol_type * symbol_count
+                symtab_offset = section.sh_offset
+                symtab = symtab_desc.from_buffer(data, symtab_offset)
+
+                strtab = sections[section.sh_link].sh_offset
+
+                return symtab, strtab
+
+            # TODO: SHT_SYMTAB_SHNDX?
+
+        raise Exception('no symbol table')
+
+
+    @property
+    def is_big_endian(self):
+        return self._header.e_ident.is_big_endian
+
+
+    def find_symbol(self, name: str, start: Symbol = None):
+        name_size = len(name)
+        name_desc = ctypes.c_char * name_size
+
+        i = 0
+        if start:
+            table_address = ctypes.addressof(self._symtab)
+            start_address = ctypes.addressof(start._elf)
+            i = (start_address - table_address) // ctypes.sizeof(start._elf) + 1
+
+        while i < len(self._symtab):
+            symbol = self._symtab[i]
+
+            name_offset = self._strtab + symbol.st_name
+            if name_offset + name_size > len(self._data):
+                break
+
+            symbol_name = name_desc.from_buffer(self._data, name_offset).value
+            if symbol_name == name.encode():
+                return Symbol(self, symbol)
+
+            i += 1
+
+        return None
diff --git a/buildtools/pmdinfogen.py b/buildtools/pmdinfogen.py
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..74d2e5285
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildtools/pmdinfogen.py
@@ -0,0 +1,144 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+import argparse
+import ctypes
+import elf
+import json
+import mmap
+import os
+import sys
+import tempfile
+
+
+def define_rte_pci_id(is_big_endian):
+    base_type = ctypes.LittleEndianStructure
+    if is_big_endian:
+        base_type = ctypes.BigEndianStructure
+
+    class rte_pci_id(base_type):
+        _pack_ = True
+        _fields_ = [
+            ("class_id", ctypes.c_uint32),
+            ("vendor_id", ctypes.c_uint16),
+            ("device_id", ctypes.c_uint16),
+            ("subsystem_vendor_id", ctypes.c_uint16),
+            ("subsystem_device_id", ctypes.c_uint16),
+        ]
+
+    return rte_pci_id
+
+
+class Driver:
+    OPTIONS = [
+        ("params", "_param_string_export"),
+        ("kmod", "_kmod_dep_export"),
+    ]
+
+    def __init__(self, name, options):
+        self.name = name
+        for key, value in options.items():
+            setattr(self, key, value)
+        self.pci_ids = []
+
+    @classmethod
+    def load(cls, image, symbol):
+        name = ctypes.string_at(symbol.address).decode()
+
+        options = {}
+        for key, suffix in cls.OPTIONS:
+            option_symbol = image.find_symbol(f"__{name}{suffix}")
+            if option_symbol:
+                value = ctypes.string_at(option_symbol.address).decode()
+                options[key] = value
+
+        driver = cls(name, options)
+
+        pci_table_name_symbol = image.find_symbol(f"__{name}_pci_tbl_export")
+        if not pci_table_name_symbol:
+            return driver
+
+        pci_table_name = ctypes.string_at(pci_table_name_symbol.address).decode()
+
+        pci_table_symbol = image.find_symbol(pci_table_name)
+        if not pci_table_symbol:
+            raise Exception('PCI table declared but not defined')
+
+        rte_pci_id = define_rte_pci_id(image.is_big_endian)
+
+        pci_id = rte_pci_id.from_address(pci_table_symbol.address)
+        while pci_id.device_id:
+            driver.pci_ids.append(
+                [
+                    pci_id.vendor_id,
+                    pci_id.device_id,
+                    pci_id.subsystem_vendor_id,
+                    pci_id.subsystem_device_id,
+                ]
+            )
+            pci_id = rte_pci_id.from_address(
+                ctypes.addressof(pci_id) + ctypes.sizeof(pci_id)
+            )
+
+        return driver
+
+    def dump(self, file):
+        dumped = json.dumps(self.__dict__)
+        escaped = dumped.replace('"', '\\"')
+        print(
+            f"const char {self.name}_pmd_info[] __attribute__((used)) = "
+            f'"PMD_INFO_STRING= {escaped}";',
+            file=file,
+        )
+
+
+def get_symbols_by_prefix(image, name):
+    symbol = image.find_symbol(name)
+    while symbol:
+        yield symbol
+        symbol = image.find_symbol(name, symbol)
+
+
+def load_drivers(image):
+    drivers = []
+    for symbol in get_symbols_by_prefix(image, "this_pmd_name"):
+        drivers.append(Driver.load(image, symbol))
+    return drivers
+
+
+def dump_drivers(drivers, file):
+    for driver in drivers:
+        driver.dump(file)
+
+
+def parse_args():
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    parser.add_argument("input", help="input object file path")
+    parser.add_argument("output", help="output C file path")
+    return parser.parse_args()
+
+
+def map_input(path):
+    if path == '-':
+        fd, name = tempfile.mkstemp()
+    else:
+        fd = os.open(path, os.O_RDONLY)
+    return mmap.mmap(fd, 0, access=mmap.ACCESS_COPY)
+
+
+def open_output(path):
+    if path == '-':
+        return sys.stdout
+    return open(path, 'w')
+
+
+def main():
+    args = parse_args()
+    memory = map_input(args.input)
+    image = elf.Image(memory)
+    drivers = load_drivers(image)
+    output = open_output(args.output)
+    dump_drivers(drivers, output)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
