diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/distrodata.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/distrodata.py
index e1cfc3b..fbc0c2a 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/distrodata.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/distrodata.py
@@ -40,6 +40,42 @@
 """ + "\n".join(regressed_successes)
         self.assertTrue(len(regressed_failures) == 0 and len(regressed_successes) == 0, msg)
 
+    def test_missing_homepg(self):
+        """
+        Summary:     Test for oe-core recipes that don't have a HOMEPAGE or DESCRIPTION
+        Expected:    All oe-core recipes should have a DESCRIPTION entry
+        Expected:    All oe-core recipes should have a HOMEPAGE entry except for recipes that are not fetched from external sources.
+        Product:     oe-core
+        """
+        with bb.tinfoil.Tinfoil() as tinfoil:
+            tinfoil.prepare(config_only=False)
+            no_description = []
+            no_homepage = []
+            for fn in tinfoil.all_recipe_files(variants=False):
+                if not '/meta/recipes-' in fn:
+                    # We are only interested in OE-Core
+                    continue
+                rd = tinfoil.parse_recipe_file(fn, appends=False)
+                pn = rd.getVar('BPN')
+                srcfile = rd.getVar('SRC_URI').split()
+                #Since DESCRIPTION defaults to SUMMARY if not set, we are only interested in recipes without DESCRIPTION or SUMMARY
+                if not (rd.getVar('SUMMARY') or rd.getVar('DESCRIPTION')):
+                    no_description.append((pn, fn))
+                if not rd.getVar('HOMEPAGE'):
+                    if srcfile and srcfile[0].startswith('file') or not rd.getVar('SRC_URI'):
+                        # We are only interested in recipes SRC_URI fetched from external sources
+                        continue
+                    no_homepage.append((pn, fn))
+        if no_homepage:
+            self.fail("""
+The following recipes do not have a HOMEPAGE. Please add an entry for HOMEPAGE in the recipe.
+""" + "\n".join(['%s (%s)' % i for i in no_homepage]))
+
+        if no_description:
+            self.fail("""
+The following recipes do not have a DESCRIPTION. Please add an entry for DESCRIPTION in the recipe.
+""" + "\n".join(['%s (%s)' % i for i in no_description]))
+
     def test_maintainers(self):
         """
         Summary:     Test that oe-core recipes have a maintainer and entries in maintainers list have a recipe