diff --git a/debian/tools/patchupdate.py b/debian/tools/patchupdate.py
index 8c42d3fb..8e71ca37 100755
--- a/debian/tools/patchupdate.py
+++ b/debian/tools/patchupdate.py
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ import subprocess
 import sys
 import tempfile
 import textwrap
-import urllib
 import xmlrpclib
+import ConfigParser
 
 _devnull = open(os.devnull, 'wb')
 
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ cached_patch_result    = {}
 
 class config(object):
     path_cache              = ".patchupdate.cache"
+    path_config             = os.path.expanduser("~/.config/patchupdate.conf")
 
     path_patches            = "patches"
     path_changelog          = "debian/changelog"
@@ -66,6 +67,10 @@ class config(object):
     path_IfDefined          = "9999-IfDefined.patch"
 
     bugtracker_url          = "https://bugs.winehq.org/xmlrpc.cgi"
+    bugtracker_defaultcc    = ["michael@fds-team.de", "sebastian@fds-team.de"]
+    bugtracker_user         = None
+    bugtracker_pass         = None
+
     github_url              = "https://github.com/wine-compholio/wine-staging"
 
 class PatchUpdaterError(RuntimeError):
@@ -430,7 +435,41 @@ def resolve_dependencies(all_patches, index = None, depends = None, auto_deps =
         _resolve(depends)
     return resolved
 
-def check_bug_status(all_patches):
+def sync_bug_status(bugtracker, bug, url):
+    """Automatically updates the STAGED information of a referenced bug."""
+
+    # We don't want to reopen bugs
+    if bug['status'] not in ["UNCONFIRMED", "NEW", "ASSIGNED", "REOPENED", "STAGED"]:
+        return
+
+    if config.bugtracker_user is None or config.bugtracker_pass is None:
+        raise PatchUpdaterError("Can't update bug without username/password set")
+
+    changes = { 'ids'               : bug['id'],
+                'Bugzilla_login'    : config.bugtracker_user,
+                'Bugzilla_password' : config.bugtracker_pass }
+
+    # Update bug status
+    if bug['status'] != "STAGED":
+        changes['status'] = "STAGED"
+
+    # Update patchset URL
+    if bug['cf_staged_patchset'] != url:
+        changes['cf_staged_patchset'] = url
+
+    # Add missing CC contacts
+    missing_cc = []
+    for cc in config.bugtracker_defaultcc:
+        if cc not in bug['cc']:
+            missing_cc.append(cc)
+    if len(missing_cc):
+        changes["cc"] = {"add" : missing_cc}
+
+    bugtracker.Bug.update(changes)
+
+def check_bug_status(all_patches, sync_bugs=False):
+    """Checks the information in the referenced bugs and corrects them if sync_bugs is set."""
+
     all_bugids = set()
     url_map = {}
 
@@ -455,13 +494,15 @@ def check_bug_status(all_patches):
                 once = False
             print " #%d - \"%s\" - %s %s - %s" % (bug['id'], bug['summary'], bug['status'],
                                                   bug['resolution'], bug['cf_staged_patchset'])
+            if sync_bugs:
+                sync_bug_status(bugtracker, bug, url_map[bug['id']])
 
     once = True
     for bug in staged_bugs['bugs']:
         if bug['id'] not in all_bugids:
             if once:
                 print ""
-                print "WARNING: The following bugs are incorrectly markes as STAGED:"
+                print "WARNING: The following bugs are incorrectly marked as STAGED:"
                 print ""
                 once = False
             print " #%d - \"%s\" - %s %s" % (bug['id'], bug['summary'], bug['status'],
@@ -872,11 +913,22 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Automatic patch dependency checker and apply script/README.md generator.")
     parser.add_argument('--skip-checks', action='store_true', help="Skip dependency checks")
     parser.add_argument('--commit', type=_check_commit_hash, help="Use given commit hash instead of HEAD")
+    parser.add_argument('--sync-bugs', action='store_true', help="Update bugs in bugtracker (requires admin rights)")
     args = parser.parse_args()
 
     tools_directory = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
     os.chdir(os.path.join(tools_directory, "./../.."))
 
+    config_parser = ConfigParser.ConfigParser()
+    config_parser.read(config.path_config)
+
+    try:
+        config.bugtracker_user = config_parser.get('bugtracker', 'username')
+        config.bugtracker_pass = config_parser.get('bugtracker', 'password')
+    except (ConfigParser.NoSectionError, ConfigParser.NoOptionError):
+        config.bugtracker_user = None
+        config.bugtracker_pass = None
+
     try:
 
         # Get information about Wine and Staging version
@@ -888,7 +940,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
         stable_patches = read_patchset(revision="v%s" % latest_staging_version)
 
         # Check bugzilla
-        check_bug_status(all_patches)
+        check_bug_status(all_patches, sync_bugs=args.sync_bugs)
 
         # Update autogenerated files
         generate_ifdefined(all_patches, skip_checks=args.skip_checks)