diff --git a/docs/_ext/scrapydocs.py b/docs/_ext/scrapydocs.py
index 1fa1c93d6..88e6386c9 100644
--- a/docs/_ext/scrapydocs.py
+++ b/docs/_ext/scrapydocs.py
@@ -1,5 +1,63 @@
 from docutils.parsers.rst.roles import set_classes
 from docutils import nodes
+from sphinx.util.compat import Directive
+from sphinx.util.nodes import make_refnode
+
+
+class settingslist_node(nodes.General, nodes.Element):
+    pass
+
+
+class SettingsListDirective(Directive):
+    def run(self):
+        return [settingslist_node('')]
+
+
+def is_setting_node(node):
+    return node.tagname == 'pending_xref' and node['reftype'] == 'setting'
+
+
+def collect_scrapy_settings_refs(app, doctree):
+    env = app.builder.env
+
+    if not hasattr(env, 'scrapy_all_settings'):
+        env.scrapy_all_settings = []
+
+    for node in doctree.traverse(is_setting_node):
+        try:
+            targetnode = node.parent[node.parent.index(node) - 1]
+            if not isinstance(targetnode, nodes.target):
+                raise IndexError
+        except IndexError:
+            targetid = "setting-%d" % env.new_serialno('setting')
+            targetnode = nodes.target('', '', ids=[targetid])
+            node.replace_self([targetnode, node])
+
+        env.scrapy_all_settings.append({
+            'docname': env.docname,
+            'lineno': node.line,
+            'node': node.deepcopy(),
+            'target': targetnode,
+        })
+
+
+def make_setting_element(setting_data, app, fromdocname):
+    text = nodes.Text(setting_data['node'].astext())
+    targetid = ''  # TODO: resolve to a proper id
+    refnode = make_refnode(app.builder, fromdocname,
+                           setting_data['docname'], targetid, text)
+
+    p = nodes.paragraph()
+    p.append(refnode)
+    return p
+
+
+def replace_settingslist_nodes(app, doctree, fromdocname):
+    env = app.builder.env
+
+    for node in doctree.traverse(settingslist_node):
+        node.replace_self([make_setting_element(d, app, fromdocname)
+                           for d in env.scrapy_all_settings])
 
 def setup(app):
     app.add_crossref_type(
@@ -27,6 +85,12 @@ def setup(app):
     app.add_role('issue', issue_role)
     app.add_role('rev', rev_role)
 
+    app.add_node(settingslist_node)
+    app.add_directive('settingslist', SettingsListDirective)
+
+    app.connect('doctree-read', collect_scrapy_settings_refs)
+    app.connect('doctree-resolved', replace_settingslist_nodes)
+
 def source_role(name, rawtext, text, lineno, inliner, options={}, content=[]):
     ref = 'https://github.com/scrapy/scrapy/blob/master/' + text
     set_classes(options)
diff --git a/docs/topics/settings.rst b/docs/topics/settings.rst
index 3936c04b8..1cf2940ff 100644
--- a/docs/topics/settings.rst
+++ b/docs/topics/settings.rst
@@ -133,6 +133,8 @@ to any particular component. In that case the module of that component will be
 shown, typically an extension, middleware or pipeline. It also means that the
 component must be enabled in order for the setting to have any effect.
 
+.. settingslist::
+
 .. setting:: AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID
 
 AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID