diff --git a/tools/tools/git/mfc-candidates.sh b/tools/tools/git/mfc-candidates.sh
--- a/tools/tools/git/mfc-candidates.sh
+++ b/tools/tools/git/mfc-candidates.sh
@@ -128,6 +128,15 @@
 	    sort
 }
 
+commits_nomfc()
+{
+	# People tend to use: {X-,}MFC: {no,NO,never} usually
+	git log --first-parent --first-parent $authorarg $to_branch..$from_branch \
+	    --extended-regexp --grep 'MFC:.*(NO|no|never)$' "$@" |\
+	    awk '/^commit / { print $2 }' |\
+	    sort
+}
+
 # "cherry picked from" hashes from commits in to_branch after branch point
 commits_to()
 {
@@ -151,6 +160,7 @@
 workdir=$(mktemp -d /tmp/find-mfc.XXXXXXXXXX)
 from_list=$workdir/commits-from
 to_list=$workdir/commits-to
+nomfc_list=$workdir/nomfc-list
 candidate_list=$workdir/candidates
 
 if [ -n "$exclude_file" ]; then
@@ -159,6 +169,7 @@
 fi
 
 commits_from "$@" > $from_list
+commits_nomfc "$@" > $nomfc_list
 commits_to "$@" > $to_list
 
 comm -23 $from_list $to_list > $candidate_list
@@ -167,6 +178,10 @@
 	mv $candidate_list $candidate_list.bak
 	comm -23 $candidate_list.bak $exclude_list > $candidate_list
 fi
+if [ -s "$nomfc_list" ]; then
+	mv $candidate_list $candidate_list.bak
+	comm -23 $candidate_list.bak $nomfc_list > $candidate_list
+fi
 
 # Sort by (but do not print) commit time
 while read hash; do