diff --git a/MANIFEST b/MANIFEST
index 970cbc57d..760e28923 100644
--- a/MANIFEST
+++ b/MANIFEST
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ t/prereq.t
 t/prereq_print.t
 t/problems.t
 t/prompt.t
+t/rec_att_keys.t
 t/recurs.t
 t/revision.t
 t/several_authors.t
diff --git a/lib/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm b/lib/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm
index 9ae650df4..b69f4c497 100644
--- a/lib/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm
+++ b/lib/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ our @Get_from_Config;   # referenced by MM_Unix
 our @MM_Sections;
 our @Overridable;
 my @Prepend_parent;
-my %Recognized_Att_Keys;
+our %Recognized_Att_Keys;
 our %macro_fsentity; # whether a macro is a filesystem name
 our %macro_dep; # whether a macro is a dependency
 
@@ -1768,6 +1768,11 @@ The following attributes may be specified as arguments to WriteMakefile()
 or as NAME=VALUE pairs on the command line. Attributes that became
 available with later versions of MakeMaker are indicated.
 
+A computer-readable list of recognized attributes is available as
+C<%ExtUtils::MakeMakers::Recognized_Att_Keys>, supported since 7.72.  You
+can check whether a particular parameter is supported by the current
+version of ExtUtils::MakeMaker by checking whether it exists in the hash.
+
 In order to maintain portability of attributes with older versions of
 MakeMaker you may want to use L<App::EUMM::Upgrade> with your C<Makefile.PL>.
 
diff --git a/t/rec_att_keys.t b/t/rec_att_keys.t
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3e6398c85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/rec_att_keys.t
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+#!/usr/bin/perl -w
+
+# This script tests %ExtUtils::MakeMaker::Recognized_Att_Keys;
+
+use strict;
+use Test::More;
+
+# We don’t need to test all parameters; just enough to verify that the
+# mechanism is working.  This list is somewhat random, but it works.
+
+my @supported = qw(
+ ABSTRACT_FROM
+ AUTHOR
+ BUILD_REQUIRES
+ clean
+ dist
+ DISTNAME
+ DISTVNAME
+ LIBS
+ MAN3PODS
+ META_MERGE
+ MIN_PERL_VERSION
+ NAME
+ PL_FILES
+ PREREQ_PM
+ VERSION
+ VERSION_FROM
+);
+
+my @unsupported = qw(
+ WIBBLE
+ wump
+);
+
+plan tests => @supported+@unsupported;
+
+use ExtUtils::MakeMaker ();
+
+for (@supported) {
+    ok exists $ExtUtils::MakeMaker::Recognized_Att_Keys{$_},
+      "EUMM says it supports param '$_'";
+}
+for (@unsupported) {
+    ok !exists $ExtUtils::MakeMaker::Recognized_Att_Keys{$_},
+        "EUMM claims not to support param '$_'";
+}