1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/runqueue.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/runqueue.py
index 1c60d97c7f..8b3fe5a957 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/runqueue.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/runqueue.py
@@ -2069,7 +2069,7 @@ class RunQueueExecuteScenequeue(RunQueueExecute):
             bb.event.fire(startevent, self.cfgData)
 
             taskdep = self.rqdata.dataCache.task_deps[fn]
-            if 'fakeroot' in taskdep and taskname in taskdep['fakeroot']:
+            if 'fakeroot' in taskdep and taskname in taskdep['fakeroot'] and not self.cooker.configuration.dry_run:
                 if not self.rq.fakeworker:
                     self.rq.start_fakeworker(self)
                 self.rq.fakeworker.stdin.write("<runtask>" + pickle.dumps((fn, realtask, taskname, True, self.cooker.collection.get_file_appends(fn), None)) + "</runtask>")