diff --git a/tools_webrtc/mb/mb.py b/tools_webrtc/mb/mb.py
index 8b726bf93b..43b9cb400d 100755
--- a/tools_webrtc/mb/mb.py
+++ b/tools_webrtc/mb/mb.py
@@ -157,6 +157,9 @@ class MetaBuildWrapper(object):
                             help='look up the command for a given config or '
                                  'builder')
     AddCommonOptions(subp)
+    subp.add_argument('--quiet', default=False, action='store_true',
+                      help='Print out just the arguments, '
+                           'do not emulate the output of the gen subcommand.')
     subp.set_defaults(func=self.CmdLookup)
 
     subp = subps.add_parser(
@@ -286,12 +289,15 @@ class MetaBuildWrapper(object):
 
   def CmdLookup(self):
     vals = self.Lookup()
-    cmd = self.GNCmd('gen', '_path_')
     gn_args = self.GNArgs(vals)
-    self.Print('\nWriting """\\\n%s""" to _path_/args.gn.\n' % gn_args)
-    env = None
+    if self.args.quiet:
+      self.Print(gn_args, end='')
+    else:
+      cmd = self.GNCmd('gen', '_path_')
+      self.Print('\nWriting """\\\n%s""" to _path_/args.gn.\n' % gn_args)
+      env = None
 
-    self.PrintCmd(cmd, env)
+      self.PrintCmd(cmd, env)
     return 0
 
   def CmdRun(self):
diff --git a/tools_webrtc/mb/mb_unittest.py b/tools_webrtc/mb/mb_unittest.py
index 0e7173abb4..c17800061a 100755
--- a/tools_webrtc/mb/mb_unittest.py
+++ b/tools_webrtc/mb/mb_unittest.py
@@ -776,6 +776,11 @@ class UnitTest(unittest.TestCase):
   def test_lookup(self):
     self.check(['lookup', '-c', 'debug_goma'], ret=0)
 
+  def test_quiet_lookup(self):
+    self.check(['lookup', '-c', 'debug_goma', '--quiet'], ret=0,
+               out=('is_debug = true\n'
+                    'use_goma = true\n'))
+
   def test_lookup_goma_dir_expansion(self):
     self.check(['lookup', '-c', 'rel_bot', '-g', '/foo'], ret=0,
                out=('\n'