diff --git a/dev-tools/scripts/githubPRs.py b/dev-tools/scripts/githubPRs.py
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..999b380d1cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-tools/scripts/githubPRs.py
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+# contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+# this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+# The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+# (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+# the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+"""
+Simple script that queries Github for all open PRs, then finds the ones without
+issue number in title, and the ones where the linked JIRA is already closed
+"""
+
+import os
+import sys
+sys.path.append(os.path.dirname(__file__))
+import argparse
+import json
+import re
+from github import Github
+from jira import JIRA
+
+def read_config():
+  parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Find open Pull Requests that need attention')
+  parser.add_argument('--json', action='store_true', default=False, help='Output as json')
+  parser.add_argument('--token', help='Github access token in case you query too often anonymously')
+  newconf = parser.parse_args()
+  return newconf
+
+
+def out(text):
+  global conf
+  if not conf.json:
+    print(text)
+
+
+def main():
+  global conf
+  conf = read_config()
+  token = conf.token if conf.token is not None else None
+  if token:
+    gh = Github(token)
+  else:
+    gh = Github()
+  jira = JIRA('https://issues.apache.org/jira')
+  result = {}
+  repo = gh.get_repo('apache/lucene-solr')
+  open_prs = repo.get_pulls(state='open')
+  out("Lucene/Solr Github PR report")
+  out("============================")
+  out("Number of open Pull Requests: %s" % open_prs.totalCount)
+  result['open_count'] = open_prs.totalCount
+
+  lack_jira = list(filter(lambda x: not re.match(r'.*\b(LUCENE|SOLR)-\d{3,6}\b', x.title), open_prs))
+  lack_jira_dict = {}
+  for pr in lack_jira:
+    lack_jira_dict[pr.number] = pr.title
+  result['no_jira_count'] = len(lack_jira_dict)
+  result['no_jira'] = lack_jira_dict
+  out("\nPRs lacking JIRA reference in title")
+  for pr in lack_jira:
+    out("  #%s: %s" % (pr.number, pr.title))
+
+  out("\nOpen PRs with a resolved JIRA")
+  has_jira = list(filter(lambda x: re.match(r'.*\b(LUCENE|SOLR)-\d{3,6}\b', x.title), open_prs))
+
+  issue_ids = []
+  issue_to_pr = {}
+  for pr in has_jira:
+    jira_issue_str = re.match(r'.*\b((LUCENE|SOLR)-\d{3,6})\b', pr.title).group(1)
+    issue_ids.append(jira_issue_str)
+    issue_to_pr[jira_issue_str] = pr
+
+  resolved_jiras = jira.search_issues(jql_str="key in (%s) AND status in ('Closed', 'Resolved')" % ", ".join(issue_ids))
+  closed_jira_dict = {}
+  for issue in resolved_jiras:
+    pr_title = issue_to_pr[issue.key].title
+    pr_number = issue_to_pr[issue.key].number
+    closed_jira_dict[pr_number] = { 'key': issue.key,
+                                                 'status': issue.fields.status.name,
+                                                 'resolution': issue.fields.resolution.name,
+                                                 'resolution_date': issue.fields.resolutiondate,
+                                                 'pr_title': pr_title}
+    out("  #%s: %s status=%s, resolution=%s, resolutiondate=%s (%s)" % (pr_number,
+                                                                        issue.key,
+                                                                        issue.fields.status.name,
+                                                                        issue.fields.resolution.name,
+                                                                        issue.fields.resolutiondate,
+                                                                        pr_title)
+        )
+  result['closed_jira_count'] = len(resolved_jiras)
+  result['closed_jira'] = closed_jira_dict
+
+  if conf.json:
+    print(json.dumps(result, indent=4))
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+  try:
+    main()
+  except KeyboardInterrupt:
+    print('\nReceived Ctrl-C, exiting early')
diff --git a/dev-tools/scripts/requirements.txt b/dev-tools/scripts/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a65679d76c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-tools/scripts/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+PyGithub
+jira
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lucene/CHANGES.txt b/lucene/CHANGES.txt
index afbddf4af85..2c3efe11f09 100644
--- a/lucene/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/lucene/CHANGES.txt
@@ -109,6 +109,8 @@ Other
 
 * LUCENE-8847: Code Cleanup: Remove StringBuilder.append with concatted strings
 
+* LUCENE-8861: Script to find open Github PRs that needs attention (janhoy)
+
 ======================= Lucene 8.1.1 =======================
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