1 files changed, 11 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/meta/classes/testimage.bbclass b/meta/classes/testimage.bbclass
index a1918ba9ec..70e28004fe 100644
--- a/meta/classes/testimage.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/testimage.bbclass
@@ -279,14 +279,20 @@ def testimage_main(d):
             self.imagefeatures = d.getVar("IMAGE_FEATURES", True).split()
             self.distrofeatures = d.getVar("DISTRO_FEATURES", True).split()
             manifest = os.path.join(d.getVar("DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE", True), d.getVar("IMAGE_LINK_NAME", True) + ".manifest")
+            nomanifest = d.getVar("IMAGE_NO_MANIFEST", True)
+
             self.sigterm = False
             self.origsigtermhandler = signal.getsignal(signal.SIGTERM)
             signal.signal(signal.SIGTERM, self.sigterm_exception)
-            try:
-                with open(manifest) as f:
-                    self.pkgmanifest = f.read()
-            except IOError as e:
-                bb.fatal("No package manifest file found. Did you build the image?\n%s" % e)
+
+            if nomanifest is None or nomanifest != "1":
+                try:
+                    with open(manifest) as f:
+                        self.pkgmanifest = f.read()
+                except IOError as e:
+                    bb.fatal("No package manifest file found. Did you build the image?\n%s" % e)
+            else:
+                self.pkgmanifest = ""
 
         def sigterm_exception(self, signum, stackframe):
             bb.warn("TestImage received SIGTERM, shutting down...")