1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/data.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/data.py
index db938be1e6..99bac9ad30 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/data.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/data.py
@@ -231,6 +231,7 @@ def emit_var(var, o=sys.__stdout__, d = init(), all=False):
     # to a shell, we need to escape the quotes in the var
     alter = re.sub('"', '\\"', val)
     alter = re.sub('\n', ' \\\n', alter)
+    alter = re.sub('\\$', '\\\\$', alter)
     o.write('%s="%s"\n' % (varExpanded, alter))
     return 0