diff --git a/extensions/mypy_extensions.py b/extensions/mypy_extensions.py
index c5442a3e1c00..f4bad5602af3 100644
--- a/extensions/mypy_extensions.py
+++ b/extensions/mypy_extensions.py
@@ -157,3 +157,10 @@ def __getitem__(self, args):
 
 
 FlexibleAlias = _FlexibleAliasCls()
+
+
+def delegate(base_func, exclude=()):
+    def decorator(func):
+        return func
+
+    return decorator
diff --git a/mypy/checker.py b/mypy/checker.py
index ed3955bc6a3a..99bdaf514ed4 100644
--- a/mypy/checker.py
+++ b/mypy/checker.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     SymbolTable, Statement, MypyFile, Var, Expression, Lvalue, Node,
     OverloadedFuncDef, FuncDef, FuncItem, FuncBase, TypeInfo,
     ClassDef, Block, AssignmentStmt, NameExpr, MemberExpr, IndexExpr,
-    TupleExpr, ListExpr, ExpressionStmt, ReturnStmt, IfStmt,
+    TupleExpr, ListExpr, SetExpr, ExpressionStmt, ReturnStmt, IfStmt,
     WhileStmt, OperatorAssignmentStmt, WithStmt, AssertStmt,
     RaiseStmt, TryStmt, ForStmt, DelStmt, CallExpr, IntExpr, StrExpr,
     UnicodeExpr, OpExpr, UnaryExpr, LambdaExpr, TempNode, SymbolTableNode,
@@ -2733,6 +2733,27 @@ def visit_decorator(self, e: Decorator) -> None:
                 self.fail('Single overload definition, multiple required', e)
                 continue
             dec = self.expr_checker.accept(d)
+
+            if (isinstance(d, CallExpr)
+                    and getattr(d.callee, 'fullname', '') == 'mypy_extensions.delegate'
+                    and d.args
+                    and isinstance(sig, CallableType)  # TODO allow Overloaded?
+                    and sig.is_kw_arg):
+                # TODO how should this combine with other decorators?
+                delegate_sig = self.expr_checker.accept(d.args[0])
+                if not isinstance(delegate_sig, CallableType):
+                    continue  # TODO error message?
+                exclude = []  # type: List[str]
+                if d.arg_names[1:2] == ['exclude']:
+                    exclude_arg = d.args[1]
+                    if not (isinstance(exclude_arg, (ListExpr, TupleExpr, SetExpr))
+                            and all(isinstance(ex, StrExpr)
+                                    for ex in exclude_arg.items)):
+                        continue  # TODO error message?
+                    exclude = [s.value for s in cast(List[StrExpr], exclude_arg.items)]
+                sig = self._delegated_sig(delegate_sig, sig, exclude)
+                continue
+
             temp = self.temp_node(sig)
             fullname = None
             if isinstance(d, RefExpr):
@@ -2751,6 +2772,30 @@ def visit_decorator(self, e: Decorator) -> None:
         if e.func.info and not e.func.is_dynamic():
             self.check_method_override(e)
 
+    def _delegated_sig(self,
+                       delegate_sig: CallableType,
+                       sig: CallableType,
+                       exclude: List[str]) -> CallableType:
+        # TODO: also delegate *args (currently only does **kwargs)
+        args = [(name,
+                 kind if kind != nodes.ARG_OPT else nodes.ARG_NAMED_OPT,
+                 typ)
+                for (name, kind, typ) in
+                zip(delegate_sig.arg_names,
+                    delegate_sig.arg_kinds,
+                    delegate_sig.arg_types)
+                if kind not in (nodes.ARG_POS, nodes.ARG_STAR)
+                and name not in sig.arg_names
+                and name not in exclude]
+        names, kinds, types = map(list, zip(*args))
+        # **kwargs are always last in the signature, so we remove them with [:-1]
+        sig = sig.copy_modified(
+            arg_names=sig.arg_names[:-1] + cast(List[Optional[str]], names),
+            arg_kinds=sig.arg_kinds[:-1] + cast(List[int], kinds),
+            arg_types=sig.arg_types[:-1] + cast(List[Type], types),
+        )
+        return sig
+
     def check_for_untyped_decorator(self,
                                     func: FuncDef,
                                     dec_type: Type,
diff --git a/mypy/test/testcheck.py b/mypy/test/testcheck.py
index 10202fe99eab..500876ad7c66 100644
--- a/mypy/test/testcheck.py
+++ b/mypy/test/testcheck.py
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
     'check-lists.test',
     'check-namedtuple.test',
     'check-typeddict.test',
+    'check-delegate.test',
     'check-type-aliases.test',
     'check-ignore.test',
     'check-type-promotion.test',
diff --git a/test-data/unit/check-delegate.test b/test-data/unit/check-delegate.test
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1e7f42037fde
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test-data/unit/check-delegate.test
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+-- Delegating arguments
+
+[case testSimpleDelegation]
+from mypy_extensions import delegate
+
+def raw(name: str = 'he', age: int = 42):
+    return '%s is %s' % (name, age)
+
+@delegate(raw)
+def cooked(**kwargs):
+    return raw(**kwargs)
+
+reveal_type(cooked)  # E: Revealed type is 'def (*, name: builtins.str =, age: builtins.int =) -> Any'
+cooked(x=56)  # E: Unexpected keyword argument "x" for "cooked"
+[builtins fixtures/dict.pyi]
+
+
+[case testDelegationWithPositionalArg]
+from mypy_extensions import delegate
+
+def raw(foo, name='he', age=42):
+    return '%s is %s' % (name, age)
+
+@delegate(raw)
+def cooked(foo, bar, **kwargs):
+    return raw(foo, **kwargs)
+
+reveal_type(cooked)  # E: Revealed type is 'def (foo: Any, bar: Any, *, name: Any =, age: Any =) -> Any'
+cooked(3)  # E: Too few arguments for "cooked"
+cooked(3, 4)
+cooked(3, 4, 5)  # E: Too many positional arguments for "cooked"
+cooked(3, 4, name='bob')
+cooked(3, 4, x='bob')  # E: Unexpected keyword argument "x" for "cooked"
+[builtins fixtures/dict.pyi]
+
+
+[case testDelegationWithKeywordOnlyArg]
+from mypy_extensions import delegate
+
+def raw(*, name, age):
+    return '%s is %s' % (name, age)
+
+@delegate(raw)
+def cooked(foo, bar, **kwargs):
+    return raw(foo, **kwargs)
+
+reveal_type(cooked)  # E: Revealed type is 'def (foo: Any, bar: Any, *, name: Any, age: Any) -> Any'
+cooked(3, 4, name='bob', age=34)
+cooked(3, 4, name='bob')  # E: Missing named argument "age" for "cooked"
+cooked(3, 4, x='bob')  # E: Unexpected keyword argument "x" for "cooked"
+[builtins fixtures/dict.pyi]
+
+
+[case testDelegationWithExclude]
+from mypy_extensions import delegate
+
+def raw(name='he', age=42):
+    return '%s is %s' % (name, age)
+
+@delegate(raw, exclude=['name'])
+def cooked(**kwargs):
+    return raw(name='bob', **kwargs)
+
+reveal_type(cooked)  # E: Revealed type is 'def (*, age: Any =) -> Any'
+cooked(age=32)
+cooked(name='me')  # E: Unexpected keyword argument "name" for "cooked"
+[builtins fixtures/dict.pyi]
diff --git a/test-data/unit/lib-stub/mypy_extensions.pyi b/test-data/unit/lib-stub/mypy_extensions.pyi
index 791ff9b2d7ea..1bd77d00b0ff 100644
--- a/test-data/unit/lib-stub/mypy_extensions.pyi
+++ b/test-data/unit/lib-stub/mypy_extensions.pyi
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # NOTE: Requires fixtures/dict.pyi
-from typing import Dict, Type, TypeVar, Optional, Any, Generic
+from typing import Dict, Type, TypeVar, Optional, Any, Generic, Callable, List
 
 _T = TypeVar('_T')
 _U = TypeVar('_U')
@@ -27,3 +27,6 @@ def trait(cls: Any) -> Any: ...
 class NoReturn: pass
 
 class FlexibleAlias(Generic[_T, _U]): ...
+
+
+def delegate(base_func: Callable, exclude: List[str] = ()) -> Callable: ...