diff --git a/src/assets/build_assets.rs b/src/assets/build_assets.rs
index fcab4ac4..b09d36dc 100644
--- a/src/assets/build_assets.rs
+++ b/src/assets/build_assets.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ use syntect::parsing::{Scope, SyntaxSet, SyntaxSetBuilder};
 
 use crate::assets::*;
 
+mod graphviz_utils;
+
 type SyntaxName = String;
 
 /// Used to look up which [SyntaxDefinition] corresponds to a given [OtherSyntax]
@@ -221,6 +223,11 @@ fn build_minimal_syntax_sets(
     let (other_syntax_lookup, syntax_to_dependencies, syntax_to_dependents) =
         generate_maps(syntaxes);
 
+    maybe_write_syntax_dependencies_to_graphviz_dot_file(
+        &other_syntax_lookup,
+        &syntax_to_dependencies,
+    );
+
     // Create one minimal SyntaxSet from each (non-hidden) SyntaxDefinition
     syntaxes.iter().filter_map(move |syntax| {
         if syntax.hidden {
@@ -329,6 +336,26 @@ fn dependencies_from_pattern(pattern: &Pattern) -> Vec<OtherSyntax> {
     .collect()
 }
 
+/// To generate a Graphviz dot file of syntax dependencies, do this:
+/// ```bash
+/// sudo apt install graphviz
+/// BAT_SYNTAX_DEPENDENCIES_TO_GRAPHVIZ_DOT_FILE=/tmp/bat-syntax-dependencies.dot cargo run -- cache  --build --source assets --blank --target /tmp
+/// dot /tmp/bat-syntax-dependencies.dot -Tpng -o /tmp/bat-syntax-dependencies.png
+/// open /tmp/bat-syntax-dependencies.png
+/// ```
+fn maybe_write_syntax_dependencies_to_graphviz_dot_file(
+    other_syntax_lookup: &OtherSyntaxLookup,
+    syntax_to_dependencies: &SyntaxToDependencies,
+) {
+    if let Ok(dot_file_path) = std::env::var("BAT_SYNTAX_DEPENDENCIES_TO_GRAPHVIZ_DOT_FILE") {
+        graphviz_utils::try_syntax_dependencies_to_graphviz_dot_file(
+            other_syntax_lookup,
+            syntax_to_dependencies,
+            &dot_file_path,
+        );
+    }
+}
+
 /// Removes any context name from the syntax reference.
 ///
 /// When we track dependencies between syntaxes, we are not interested in
diff --git a/src/assets/build_assets/graphviz_utils.rs b/src/assets/build_assets/graphviz_utils.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5c93b37b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/assets/build_assets/graphviz_utils.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+use super::*;
+
+pub(crate) fn try_syntax_dependencies_to_graphviz_dot_file(
+    other_syntax_lookup: &OtherSyntaxLookup,
+    syntax_to_dependencies: &SyntaxToDependencies,
+    dot_file_path: &str,
+) {
+    match syntax_dependencies_to_graphviz_dot_file(
+        other_syntax_lookup,
+        syntax_to_dependencies,
+        dot_file_path,
+    ) {
+        Ok(_) => println!("Wrote graphviz dot file to {}", dot_file_path),
+        Err(e) => eprintln!(
+            "Failed to write graphviz dot file to {}: {}",
+            dot_file_path, e
+        ),
+    };
+}
+
+fn syntax_dependencies_to_graphviz_dot_file(
+    other_syntax_lookup: &OtherSyntaxLookup,
+    syntax_to_dependencies: &SyntaxToDependencies,
+    dot_file_path: &str,
+) -> Result<()> {
+    use std::io::Write;
+
+    let mut dot_file = std::fs::File::create(dot_file_path)?;
+
+    writeln!(dot_file, "digraph BatSyntaxDependencies {{")?;
+    for (key, dependencies) in syntax_to_dependencies {
+        for dependency in dependencies {
+            if let Some(dep) = other_syntax_lookup.get(dependency) {
+                writeln!(dot_file, "    \"{}\" -> \"{}\"", key, dep.name)?;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    writeln!(dot_file, "}}")?;
+
+    Ok(())
+}