diff --git a/scratch b/scratch
index db33a65..d9911f8 100755
--- a/scratch
+++ b/scratch
@@ -300,11 +300,32 @@ showdepends() {
 			msgmiss "$dep"
 		fi
 	done
-}	
+}
+
+isorphan() {	
+	needarg $1
+	
+	for pkg in $(allinstalled); do
+		pkgpath=$(getportpath $pkg)
+		#echo $pkgpath
+		if [ $pkgpath ]; then
+			depend=$(grep "^# depends[[:blank:]]*:" $pkgpath/$BUILD_SCRIPT | sed 's/^# depends[[:blank:]]*:[[:blank:]]*//' | tr ' ' '\n' | awk '!a[$0]++')
+			for dep in ${depend[@]}; do
+				if [ $dep = $1 ]; then
+					return 1
+				fi
+			done
+		fi
+		unset depend dep
+	done
+	return 0
+}
 
 showdependent() {
 	local port all dep pname
 	
+	needarg $1
+	
 	for port in ${PORT_REPO[@]}; do
 		if [ -d $port ]; then
 			for all in $port/*/$BUILD_SCRIPT; do
@@ -1406,6 +1427,11 @@ main() {
 		missingdep
 		exit $?
 	fi
+	
+	if [ "$mode" = "isorphan" ]; then
+		isorphan $1
+		exit $?
+	fi
 
 	echo "Run 'scratch help' to see available operations and options"
 	exit 5