2 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/meta/classes/package.bbclass b/meta/classes/package.bbclass
index 247bdc7bbf..a77d532b66 100644
--- a/meta/classes/package.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/package.bbclass
@@ -807,10 +807,16 @@ python package_do_split_locales() {
 
 python perform_packagecopy () {
     import subprocess
+    import shutil
 
     dest = d.getVar('D')
     dvar = d.getVar('PKGD')
 
+    # Remove ${D}/sysroot-only if present
+    sysroot_only = os.path.join(dest, 'sysroot-only')
+    if cpath.exists(sysroot_only) and cpath.isdir(sysroot_only):
+        shutil.rmtree(sysroot_only)
+
     # Start by package population by taking a copy of the installed
     # files to operate on
     # Preserve sparse files and hard links
diff --git a/meta/classes/staging.bbclass b/meta/classes/staging.bbclass
index f0a619b35b..12e0eab4f0 100644
--- a/meta/classes/staging.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/staging.bbclass
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ SYSROOT_DIRS = " \
     ${base_libdir} \
     ${nonarch_base_libdir} \
     ${datadir} \
+    /sysroot-only \
 "
 
 # These directories are also staged in the sysroot when they contain files that