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diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
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@@ -9318,6 +9318,31 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
             </glossdef>
         </glossentry>
 
+        <glossentry id='var-PACKAGE_WRITE_DEPS'><glossterm>PACKAGE_WRITE_DEPS</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                PACKAGE_WRITE_DEPS[doc] = "Specifies post-installation and pre-installation script dependencies on native/cross tools."
+            </info>
+            <glossdef>
+                <para role="glossdeffirst">
+<!--                <para role="glossdeffirst"><imagedata fileref="figures/define-generic.png" /> -->
+                    Specifies a list of dependencies for post-installation and
+                    pre-installation scripts on native/cross tools.
+                    If your post-installation or pre-installation script can
+                    execute at rootfs creation time rather than on the
+                    target but depends on a native tool in order to execute,
+                    you need to list the tools in
+                    <filename>PACKAGE_WRITE_DEPENDS</filename>.
+                </para>
+
+                <para>
+                    For information on running post-installation scripts, see
+                    the
+                    "<ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#new-recipe-post-installation-scripts'>Post-Installation Scripts</ulink>"
+                    section in the Yocto Project Development Manual.
+                </para>
+            </glossdef>
+        </glossentry>
+
         <glossentry id='var-PACKAGECONFIG'><glossterm>PACKAGECONFIG</glossterm>
             <info>
                 PACKAGECONFIG[doc] = "This variable provides a means of enabling or disabling features of a recipe on a per-recipe basis."