diff --git a/src/contrib/config-store.cc b/src/contrib/config-store.cc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..911aff3f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/contrib/config-store.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,201 @@
+#include "config-store.h"
+#include "ns3/string.h"
+#include "ns3/config.h"
+#include "ns3/object-vector.h"
+#include "ns3/pointer.h"
+#include "ns3/log.h"
+#include <string>
+#include <fstream>
+#include <iostream>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+NS_LOG_COMPONENT_DEFINE ("ConfigStore");
+
+namespace ns3 {
+
+NS_OBJECT_ENSURE_REGISTERED (ConfigStore);
+
+TypeId 
+ConfigStore::GetTypeId (void)
+{
+  static TypeId tid = TypeId ("ns3::ConfigStore")
+    .SetParent<ObjectBase> ()
+    .AddAttribute ("LoadFilename", 
+		   "The file where the configuration should be loaded from.",
+		   String (""),
+		   MakeStringAccessor (&ConfigStore::m_loadFilename),
+		   MakeStringChecker ())
+    .AddAttribute ("StoreFilename", 
+		   "The file where the configuration should be stored to.",
+		   String (""),
+		   MakeStringAccessor (&ConfigStore::m_storeFilename),
+		   MakeStringChecker ())
+    ;
+  return tid;
+}
+TypeId 
+ConfigStore::GetInstanceTypeId (void) const
+{
+  return GetTypeId ();
+}
+
+
+ConfigStore::ConfigStore ()
+{
+  ObjectBase::ConstructSelf (AttributeList ());
+}
+
+void 
+ConfigStore::LoadFrom (std::string filename)
+{
+  std::ifstream is;
+  is.open (filename.c_str (), std::ios::in);
+  std::string path, value;
+  while (is.good())
+    {
+      is >> path >> value;
+      NS_LOG_DEBUG (path << "=" << value);
+      Config::Set (path, String (value));
+    }
+}
+void 
+ConfigStore::StoreTo (std::string filename)
+{
+  std::ofstream os;
+  os.open (filename.c_str (), std::ios::out);
+  for (uint32_t i = 0; i < Config::GetRootNamespaceObjectN (); ++i)
+    {
+      Ptr<Object> object = Config::GetRootNamespaceObject (i);
+      Store (os, object);
+    }
+  os.close ();
+  NS_ASSERT (m_currentPath.empty ());
+  NS_ASSERT (m_examined.empty ());
+  exit (0);
+}
+
+bool
+ConfigStore::IsExamined (Ptr<const Object> object)
+{
+  for (uint32_t i = 0; i < m_examined.size (); ++i)
+    {
+      if (object == m_examined[i])
+	{
+	  return true;
+	}
+    }
+  return false;
+}
+
+std::string
+ConfigStore::GetCurrentPath (std::string attr) const
+{
+  std::ostringstream oss;
+  for (uint32_t i = 0; i < m_currentPath.size (); ++i)
+    {
+      oss << "/" << m_currentPath[i];
+    }
+  oss << "/" << attr;
+  return oss.str ();
+}
+
+void
+ConfigStore::Store (std::ostream &os, Ptr<const Object> object)
+{
+  if (IsExamined (object))
+    {
+      return;
+    }
+  TypeId tid = object->GetInstanceTypeId ();
+  m_currentPath.push_back ("$" + tid.GetName ());
+  NS_LOG_DEBUG ("store " << tid.GetName ());
+  for (uint32_t i = 0; i < tid.GetAttributeN (); ++i)
+    {
+      Ptr<const AttributeChecker> checker = tid.GetAttributeChecker (i);
+      const PointerChecker *ptrChecker = dynamic_cast<const PointerChecker *> (PeekPointer (checker));
+      if (ptrChecker != 0)
+	{
+	  NS_LOG_DEBUG ("pointer attribute " << tid.GetAttributeName (i));
+	  Ptr<const Object> tmp = Pointer (object->GetAttribute (tid.GetAttributeName (i)));
+	  if (tmp != 0)
+	    {
+	      m_currentPath.push_back (tid.GetAttributeName (i));
+	      m_examined.push_back (object);
+	      Store (os, tmp);
+	      m_examined.pop_back ();
+	      m_currentPath.pop_back ();
+	    }
+	  continue;
+	}
+      // attempt to cast to an object vector.
+      const ObjectVectorChecker *vectorChecker = dynamic_cast<const ObjectVectorChecker *> (PeekPointer (checker));
+      if (vectorChecker != 0)
+	{
+	  NS_LOG_DEBUG ("vector attribute " << tid.GetAttributeName (i));
+	  ObjectVector vector = object->GetAttribute (tid.GetAttributeName (i));
+	  for (uint32_t j = 0; j < vector.GetN (); ++j)
+	    {
+	      NS_LOG_DEBUG ("vector attribute item " << j);
+	      Ptr<const Object> tmp = vector.Get (j);
+	      std::ostringstream oss;
+	      oss << tid.GetAttributeName (i) << "/" << j;
+	      m_currentPath.push_back (oss.str ());
+	      m_examined.push_back (object);
+	      Store (os, tmp);
+	      m_examined.pop_back ();
+	      m_currentPath.pop_back ();
+	    }
+	  continue;
+	}
+      uint32_t flags = tid.GetAttributeFlags (i);
+      Ptr<const AttributeAccessor> accessor = tid.GetAttributeAccessor (i);
+      if ((flags & TypeId::ATTR_GET) && accessor->HasGetter () &&
+	  (flags & TypeId::ATTR_SET) && accessor->HasSetter ())
+	{
+	  std::string value = object->GetAttributeAsString (tid.GetAttributeName (i));
+	  os << GetCurrentPath (tid.GetAttributeName (i)) << " " << value << std::endl;
+	}
+      else
+	{
+	  NS_LOG_DEBUG ("could not store " << tid.GetAttributeName (i));
+	}
+    }
+  Object::AggregateIterator iter = object->GetAggregateIterator ();
+  bool recursiveAggregate = false;
+  while (iter.HasNext ())
+    {
+      Ptr<const Object> tmp = iter.Next ();
+      if (IsExamined (tmp))
+	{
+	  recursiveAggregate = true;
+	}
+    }
+  if (!recursiveAggregate)
+    {
+      iter = object->GetAggregateIterator ();
+      while (iter.HasNext ())
+	{
+	  Ptr<const Object> tmp = iter.Next ();
+	  m_examined.push_back (object);
+	  Store (os, tmp);
+	  m_examined.pop_back ();
+	}
+    }
+  m_currentPath.pop_back ();
+}
+
+
+void 
+ConfigStore::Configure (void)
+{
+  if (m_loadFilename != "")
+    {
+      LoadFrom (m_loadFilename);
+    }
+  if (m_storeFilename != "")
+    {
+      StoreTo (m_storeFilename);
+    }
+}
+
+} // namespace ns3
diff --git a/src/contrib/config-store.h b/src/contrib/config-store.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..27639e255
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/contrib/config-store.h
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+#ifndef CONFIG_STORE_H
+#define CONFIG_STORE_H
+
+#include "ns3/object-base.h"
+#include "ns3/object.h"
+#include <vector>
+
+namespace ns3 {
+
+class ConfigStore : public ObjectBase
+{
+public:
+  static TypeId GetTypeId (void);
+  virtual TypeId GetInstanceTypeId (void) const;
+
+  ConfigStore ();
+
+  void Configure (void);
+
+private:
+  void LoadFrom (std::string filename);
+  void StoreTo (std::string filename);
+  void Store (std::ostream &os, Ptr<const Object> object);
+  bool IsExamined (Ptr<const Object> object);
+  std::string GetCurrentPath (std::string attr) const;
+
+  std::string m_loadFilename;
+  std::string m_storeFilename;
+  std::vector<Ptr<const Object> > m_examined;
+  std::vector<std::string> m_currentPath;
+};
+
+}  // namespace ns3
+
+#endif /* CONFIG_STORE_H */
diff --git a/src/contrib/wscript b/src/contrib/wscript
index 223077d38..557242867 100644
--- a/src/contrib/wscript
+++ b/src/contrib/wscript
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ def build(bld):
         'event-garbage-collector.cc',
         'gnuplot.cc',
         'delay-jitter-estimation.cc',
+        'config-store.cc',
         ]
 
     headers = bld.create_obj('ns3header')
@@ -14,4 +15,5 @@ def build(bld):
         'event-garbage-collector.h',
         'gnuplot.h',
         'delay-jitter-estimation.h',
+        'config-store.h',
         ]