1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/meta/classes/base.bbclass b/meta/classes/base.bbclass
index 940e7ac7a4..eef0efa926 100644
--- a/meta/classes/base.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/base.bbclass
@@ -572,6 +572,14 @@ addtask build after do_populate_staging
 do_build = ""
 do_build[func] = "1"
 
+do_devshell[dirs] = "${S}"
+do_devshell[nostamp] = 1
+do_devshell[interactive] = 1
+base_do_devshell() {
+        bash -i
+}
+addtask devshell
+
 # Functions that update metadata based on files outputted
 # during the build process.
 
@@ -687,7 +695,7 @@ python () {
 # Patch handling
 inherit patch
 
-EXPORT_FUNCTIONS do_clean do_mrproper do_fetch do_unpack do_configure do_compile do_install do_package do_populate_pkgs do_stage
+EXPORT_FUNCTIONS do_clean do_mrproper do_fetch do_unpack do_configure do_compile do_install do_package do_populate_pkgs do_stage do_devshell
 
 MIRRORS[func] = "0"
 MIRRORS () {