diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 902be56..02264bf 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-BEE_VERSION = 1.2.21
+BEE_VERSION = 1.2.22
 
 CC=gcc
 CFLAGS=-Wall -g
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ PROGRAMS_C+=beeversion
 
 PROGRAMS_SHELL+=bee
 PROGRAMS_SHELL+=beefind
+PROGRAMS_SHELL+=beeissue
 PROGRAMS_SHELL+=beesh
 
 HELPER_BEE_SHELL+=bee-cache
diff --git a/src/beeissue.sh.in b/src/beeissue.sh.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..75d436e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/beeissue.sh.in
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2009-2016
+#       Tobias Dreyer <dreyer@molgen.mpg.de>
+#       Marius Tolzmann <m@rius.berlin>
+#       and other bee developers
+#
+# This file is part of bee.
+#
+# bee is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program 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 General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+BEE_VERSION="@BEE_VERSION@"
+
+: ${BEE_SYSCONFDIR:=@SYSCONFDIR@}
+: ${BEE_DEFCONFDIR:=@DEFCONFDIR@}
+: ${BEE_DATADIR:=@DATADIR@}
+: ${BEE_LIBDIR:=@LIBDIR@}
+: ${BEE_LIBEXECDIR:=@LIBEXECDIR@}
+: ${BEE_BINDIR:=@BINDIR@}
+
+. ${BEE_LIBEXECDIR}/bee/beelib.config.sh
+
+: ${BEEGETOPT:=${BEE_BINDIR}/beegetopt}
+
+function usage() {
+    cat <<EOF
+beeissue v${BEE_VERSION} 2019
+
+  Usage: beeissue [options] pkgname
+
+  Options:
+      -h, --help        display this help
+
+EOF
+}
+
+
+###############################################################################
+###############################################################################
+###############################################################################
+
+options=$(${BEEGETOPT} \
+                 --name beeissue \
+                 --option help/h \
+                 -- "${@}")
+
+if [ $? != 0 ] ; then
+    usage
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+eval set -- "${options}"
+
+while true ; do
+    case "${1}" in
+        --help)
+            usage
+            exit 0
+            ;;
+        --)
+            shift
+            break
+            ;;
+    esac
+done
+
+if [ -z "${1}" ] ; then
+    print_error "beeissue: need pkgname"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+config_init
+
+pkgname="${1}"
+grep -P "^${pkgname}\s" ${BEE_ISSUES}
+exit 0
diff --git a/src/beelib.config.sh.in b/src/beelib.config.sh.in
index dfd244d..56d300d 100644
--- a/src/beelib.config.sh.in
+++ b/src/beelib.config.sh.in
@@ -298,6 +298,7 @@ function config_verify_builtin_config() {
     : ${BEE_TMP_BUILDROOT:=${BEE_TMP_TMPDIR}/bee-${user}}
 
     : ${BEE_BEEDIR:=${BEE_REPOSITORY_PREFIX}/bee-files}
+    : ${BEE_ISSUES:=${BEE_REPOSITORY_PREFIX}/bee-files.issues}
     : ${BEE_PKGDIR:=${BEE_REPOSITORY_PREFIX}/packages}
     : ${BEE_BUILDARCHIVEDIR:=${BEE_REPOSITORY_PREFIX}/build-archives}
 
@@ -375,6 +376,7 @@ function config_export() {
     export BEE_PKGDIR
     export BEE_BUILDARCHIVEDIR
     export BEE_DOWNLOADDIR
+    export BEE_ISSUES
     export BEE_METADIR
     export BEE_CACHEDIR
     export BEE_TMP_TMPDIR
diff --git a/src/beesh.sh.in b/src/beesh.sh.in
index 643519a..d02faa4 100644
--- a/src/beesh.sh.in
+++ b/src/beesh.sh.in
@@ -872,6 +872,7 @@ OPTIONS=$("${BEE_BINDIR}/beegetopt" --name beesh \
                  --option debug= \
                  --option archive-build \
                  --option no-archive-build \
+                 --option ignore-issue \
                  --option check \
                  -- "$@")
 
@@ -886,6 +887,7 @@ eval set -- "${OPTIONS}"
 : ${OPT_CLEANUP:="no"}
 : ${OPT_CHECK:="no"}
 : ${OPT_ARCHIVE_BUILD:="yes"}
+: ${OPT_IGNORE_ISSUE:="no"}
 
 while true ; do
     case "$1" in
@@ -919,6 +921,10 @@ while true ; do
             OPT_ARCHIVE_BUILD="yes"
             shift
             ;;
+        --ignore-issue)
+            OPT_IGNORE_ISSUE="yes"
+            shift
+            ;;
         --check)
             OPT_CHECK="yes"
             shift
@@ -980,6 +986,19 @@ if [ -z "${PKGNAME}" -o -z "${PKGVERSION}" -o -z "${PKGREVISION}" ] ; then
     exit 1
 fi
 
+# issue management
+if [ $OPT_IGNORE_ISSUE = "no" -a -e ${BEE_ISSUES} ]; then
+
+    r=$(beeissue "${PKGNAME}")
+
+    if [ -n "$r" ]; then
+        print_error "issue: $r"
+        print_info  "check for '${PKGNAME}' in ${BEE_ISSUES}"
+        print_info  "use --ignore-issue to build anyway"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+fi
+
 BEEPKGROOT="${BEE_TMP_BUILDROOT}/${PKGNAME}"
 BEEWORKDIR="${BEEPKGROOT}/${PKGFULLPKG}"