diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index f935c837f736bc..4984733778be3a 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -594,6 +594,29 @@ message.
 		</DTDDoc>
 	</target>
 
+	<target name="generate-config-env-vars">
+		<pathconvert pathsep="," property="config.files">
+			<fileset
+				dir="modules"
+				excludes=""
+				includes="**/apps/**/configuration/*Configuration.java"
+			>
+			</fileset>
+		</pathconvert>
+
+		<java
+			classname="com.liferay.portal.tools.ConfigurationEnvBuilder"
+			classpathref="project.classpath"
+			dir="${project.dir}/modules"
+			fork="true"
+			newenvironment="true"
+			outputProperty="output"
+		>
+			<arg value="config.files=${config.files}" />
+			<jvmarg if:true="${jvm.debug}" line="${jpda.settings}" />
+		</java>
+	</target>
+
 	<target name="install-portal-snapshots">
 		<ant dir="portal-impl" inheritAll="false" target="install-portal-snapshot" />
 		<ant dir="portal-kernel" inheritAll="false" target="install-portal-snapshot" />
diff --git a/portal-impl/src/com/liferay/portal/tools/ConfigurationEnvBuilder.java b/portal-impl/src/com/liferay/portal/tools/ConfigurationEnvBuilder.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..9e762059fdafa0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/portal-impl/src/com/liferay/portal/tools/ConfigurationEnvBuilder.java
@@ -0,0 +1,167 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2000-present Liferay, Inc. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
+ * the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free
+ * Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option)
+ * any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
+ * FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more
+ * details.
+ */
+
+package com.liferay.portal.tools;
+
+import com.liferay.petra.string.CharPool;
+import com.liferay.petra.string.StringBundler;
+import com.liferay.petra.string.StringPool;
+import com.liferay.portal.kernel.util.StringUtil;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.Field;
+import java.lang.reflect.Modifier;
+
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
+
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.TreeMap;
+import java.util.regex.Matcher;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
+
+/**
+ * @author Matthew Tambara
+ */
+public class ConfigurationEnvBuilder {
+
+	public static String generateConfigOverrideContent(
+			String[] configurationFiles)
+		throws IOException {
+
+		Map<String, String> configOverrides = new TreeMap<>();
+
+		Matcher matcher = _pattern.matcher("");
+
+		for (String configurationFile : configurationFiles) {
+			Path path = Paths.get(configurationFile);
+
+			String fullyQualifiedName = configurationFile.substring(
+				configurationFile.indexOf(
+					StringBundler.concat("com", File.separator, "liferay")),
+				configurationFile.indexOf(".java"));
+
+			fullyQualifiedName = StringUtil.replace(
+				fullyQualifiedName, File.separator, StringPool.PERIOD);
+
+			List<String> lines = Files.readAllLines(path);
+
+			for (String line : lines) {
+				if (line.contains("public class")) {
+					break;
+				}
+
+				matcher.reset(line);
+
+				if (matcher.matches()) {
+					String decoded = StringBundler.concat(
+						fullyQualifiedName, StringPool.UNDERLINE,
+						matcher.group(1));
+
+					String override = decoded;
+
+					configOverrides.put(decoded, _encode(override));
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		StringBundler sb = new StringBundler((configOverrides.size() * 5) + 2);
+
+		sb.append(_HEADER);
+		sb.append("\n\n");
+
+		for (Map.Entry<String, String> entry : configOverrides.entrySet()) {
+			sb.append("#\n#");
+			sb.append(entry.getKey());
+			sb.append("\n#\n");
+			sb.append(entry.getValue());
+			sb.append("\n\n");
+		}
+
+		return sb.toString();
+	}
+
+	public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
+		Map<String, String> arguments = ArgumentsUtil.parseArguments(args);
+
+		String[] configurationFiles = StringUtil.split(
+			arguments.get("config.files"));
+
+		String content = generateConfigOverrideContent(configurationFiles);
+
+		Path configPath = Paths.get("config-env.text");
+
+		Files.write(configPath, content.getBytes());
+	}
+
+	private static String _encode(String string) {
+		StringBundler sb = new StringBundler();
+
+		sb.append(_PREFIX);
+
+		for (char c : string.toCharArray()) {
+			if (Character.isLowerCase(c)) {
+				sb.append(Character.toUpperCase(c));
+			}
+			else {
+				sb.append(CharPool.UNDERLINE);
+
+				sb.append(_charPoolChars.get(c));
+
+				sb.append(CharPool.UNDERLINE);
+			}
+		}
+
+		return sb.toString();
+	}
+
+	private static final String _HEADER =
+		"# These environment variables can be used to override modules " +
+			"configurations";
+
+	private static final String _PREFIX = "LIFERAY_CONFIGURATION_OVERRIDE_";
+
+	private static final Map<Character, String> _charPoolChars =
+		new HashMap<Character, String>() {
+			{
+				try {
+					for (Field field : CharPool.class.getFields()) {
+						if (Modifier.isStatic(field.getModifiers()) &&
+							(field.getType() == char.class)) {
+
+							put(
+								field.getChar(null),
+								StringUtil.removeChar(
+									field.getName(), CharPool.UNDERLINE));
+						}
+					}
+				}
+				catch (ReflectiveOperationException
+							reflectiveOperationException) {
+
+					throw new ExceptionInInitializerError(
+						reflectiveOperationException);
+				}
+			}
+		};
+
+	private static final Pattern _pattern = Pattern.compile(
+		"\\s*public .* ([^\\s]+)\\(\\);");
+
+}
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