1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/utils.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/utils.py
index a26635a19a..d7cefb245f 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/utils.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/utils.py
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import errno
 import logging
 import bb
 import bb.msg
+import multiprocessing
 from commands import getstatusoutput
 from contextlib import contextmanager
 
@@ -862,3 +863,6 @@ def contains(variable, checkvalues, truevalue, falsevalue, d):
     if checkvalues.issubset(val): 
         return truevalue
     return falsevalue
+
+def cpu_count():
+    return multiprocessing.cpu_count()