3 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/bitbake/bin/bitbake-worker b/bitbake/bin/bitbake-worker
index 6c37967513..7765b9368b 100755
--- a/bitbake/bin/bitbake-worker
+++ b/bitbake/bin/bitbake-worker
@@ -150,11 +150,15 @@ def fork_off_task(cfg, data, databuilder, workerdata, fn, task, taskname, taskha
 
     taskdep = workerdata["taskdeps"][fn]
     if 'umask' in taskdep and taskname in taskdep['umask']:
+        umask = taskdep['umask'][taskname]
+    elif workerdata["umask"]:
+        umask = workerdata["umask"]
+    if umask:
         # umask might come in as a number or text string..
         try:
-             umask = int(taskdep['umask'][taskname],8)
+             umask = int(umask, 8)
         except TypeError:
-             umask = taskdep['umask'][taskname]
+             pass
 
     dry_run = cfg.dry_run or dry_run_exec
 
diff --git a/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-ref-variables.rst b/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-ref-variables.rst
index 74a3eb8095..6469f9d1a4 100644
--- a/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-ref-variables.rst
+++ b/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-ref-variables.rst
@@ -108,6 +108,10 @@ overview of their function and contents.
       command line option). The task name specified should not include the
       ``do_`` prefix.
 
+   :term:`BB_DEFAULT_UMASK`
+      The default umask to apply to tasks if specified and no task specific
+      umask flag is set.
+
    :term:`BB_DISKMON_DIRS`
       Monitors disk space and available inodes during the build and allows
       you to control the build based on these parameters.
diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/runqueue.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/runqueue.py
index b8b217c64a..54ef245a63 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/runqueue.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/runqueue.py
@@ -1271,6 +1271,7 @@ class RunQueue:
             "date" : self.cfgData.getVar("DATE"),
             "time" : self.cfgData.getVar("TIME"),
             "hashservaddr" : self.cooker.hashservaddr,
+            "umask" : self.cfgData.getVar("BB_DEFAULT_UMASK"),
         }
 
         worker.stdin.write(b"<cookerconfig>" + pickle.dumps(self.cooker.configuration) + b"</cookerconfig>")