diff --git a/lib/jison.js b/lib/jison.js
index b1d68732d..afd142359 100755
--- a/lib/jison.js
+++ b/lib/jison.js
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ var Production = typal.construct({
         this.id = id;
         this.first = [];
         this.precedence = 0;
+        this.reachable = false;
     },
     toString: function Production_toString() {
         var str = this.symbol;
@@ -100,6 +101,9 @@ var Production = typal.construct({
         if (this.precedence) {
             attr_str.push('@' + this.precedence);
         }
+        if (!this.reachable) {
+            attr_str.push('*RIP*');
+        }
 
         if (attr_str.length) {
             str += '[' + attr_str.join(' ') + ']';
@@ -266,6 +270,9 @@ generator.processGrammar = function processGrammarDef(grammar) {
 
     // augment the grammar
     this.augmentGrammar(grammar);
+
+    // detect unused productions and flag/report them
+    this.signalUnusedProductions();
 };
 
 generator.augmentGrammar = function augmentGrammar(grammar) {
@@ -320,6 +327,80 @@ generator.augmentGrammar = function augmentGrammar(grammar) {
     this.grammar = grammar;
 };
 
+// Mark & report unused productions
+generator.signalUnusedProductions = function () {
+    var mark = {};
+
+    var productions = this.productions;
+    var nonterminals = this.nonterminals;
+    var i, p, len, nt, sym;
+
+    for (i = 0, len = nonterminals.length; i < len; i++) {
+        nt = nonterminals[i];
+        assert(nt.symbol);
+        mark[nt.symbol] = false;
+    }
+
+    // scan & mark all visited productions
+    function traverseGrammar(nt) {
+        assert(nt);
+        assert(nt.symbol);
+        mark[nt.symbol] = true;
+
+        var prods = nt.productions;
+        assert(prods);
+        prods.forEach(function (p) {
+            assert(p.symbol === nt.symbol);
+            assert(p.handle);
+            var rhs = p.handle;
+            console.log('traverse / mark: ', nt.symbol, ' --> ', rhs);
+
+            for (var j = 0, len = rhs.length; j < len; j++) {
+                var sym = rhs[j];
+                assert(!sym ? !nonterminals[sym] : true);
+                if (nonterminals[sym] && !mark[sym]) {
+                    traverseGrammar(nonterminals[sym]);
+                }
+            }
+        });
+    }
+
+    traverseGrammar(nonterminals['$accept' /* this.startSymbol */ ]);
+
+    // now any production which is not yet marked is *unused*:
+    var unused_prods = [];
+    for (var sym in mark) {
+        nt = nonterminals[sym];
+        assert(nt);
+        var prods = nt.productions;
+        assert(prods);
+        var in_use = mark[sym];
+        prods.forEach(function (p) {
+            assert(p);
+            if (in_use) {
+                p.reachable = true;
+            } else {
+                p.reachable = false;
+                unused_prods.push(p.toString());
+            }
+        });
+
+        if (!in_use) {
+            // and kill the unused nonterminals:
+            delete this.nonterminals[sym];
+        }
+    }
+    if (unused_prods.length) {
+        console.warn('\nUnused productions in your grammar:\n  ' + unused_prods.join('\n  ') + '\n\n');
+    }
+
+    // and kill the unused productions:
+    this.productions = productions.filter(function (p) {
+        if (!p.reachable) console.warn('KILL PRODUCTION: ' + p);
+        return p.reachable;
+    });
+};
+
 // set precedence and associativity of operators
 function processOperators(ops) {
     if (!ops) return {};