diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/bbtests.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/bbtests.py
index 005fdd0..c503e4e 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/bbtests.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/bbtests.py
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@
     def test_event_handler(self):
         self.write_config("INHERIT += \"test_events\"")
         result = bitbake('m4-native')
-        find_build_started = re.search("NOTE: Test for bb\.event\.BuildStarted(\n.*)*NOTE: Executing RunQueue Tasks", result.output)
-        find_build_completed = re.search("Tasks Summary:.*(\n.*)*NOTE: Test for bb\.event\.BuildCompleted", result.output)
+        find_build_started = re.search(r"NOTE: Test for bb\.event\.BuildStarted(\n.*)*NOTE: Executing RunQueue Tasks", result.output)
+        find_build_completed = re.search(r"Tasks Summary:.*(\n.*)*NOTE: Test for bb\.event\.BuildCompleted", result.output)
         self.assertTrue(find_build_started, msg = "Match failed in:\n%s"  % result.output)
         self.assertTrue(find_build_completed, msg = "Match failed in:\n%s" % result.output)
         self.assertFalse('Test for bb.event.InvalidEvent' in result.output, msg = "\"Test for bb.event.InvalidEvent\" message found during bitbake process. bitbake output: %s" % result.output)
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@
     @OETestID(1031)
     def test_version(self):
         result = runCmd('bitbake -s | grep wget')
-        find = re.search("wget *:([0-9a-zA-Z\.\-]+)", result.output)
+        find = re.search(r"wget *:([0-9a-zA-Z\.\-]+)", result.output)
         self.assertTrue(find, "No version returned for searched recipe. bitbake output: %s" % result.output)
 
     @OETestID(1032)
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/buildoptions.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/buildoptions.py
index f234bac..6a18eb8 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/buildoptions.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/buildoptions.py
@@ -37,13 +37,13 @@
         p = bb_vars['SYSROOT_DESTDIR'] + bb_vars['bindir'] + "/" + "ccache"
         self.assertTrue(os.path.isfile(p), msg = "No ccache found (%s)" % p)
         self.write_config('INHERIT += "ccache"')
-        self.add_command_to_tearDown('bitbake -c clean m4')
-        bitbake("m4 -c clean")
-        bitbake("m4 -f -c compile")
-        log_compile = os.path.join(get_bb_var("WORKDIR","m4"), "temp/log.do_compile")
+        self.add_command_to_tearDown('bitbake -c clean m4-native')
+        bitbake("m4-native -c clean")
+        bitbake("m4-native -f -c compile")
+        log_compile = os.path.join(get_bb_var("WORKDIR","m4-native"), "temp/log.do_compile")
         with open(log_compile, "r") as f:
             loglines = "".join(f.readlines())
-        self.assertIn("ccache", loglines, msg="No match for ccache in m4 log.do_compile. For further details: %s" % log_compile)
+        self.assertIn("ccache", loglines, msg="No match for ccache in m4-native log.do_compile. For further details: %s" % log_compile)
 
     @OETestID(1435)
     def test_read_only_image(self):
@@ -187,6 +187,8 @@
 BB_ALLOWED_NETWORKS = "downloads.yoctoproject.org"
 MIRRORS = ""
 DL_DIR = "${TMPDIR}/test_downloads"
+STAMPS_DIR = "${TMPDIR}/test_stamps"
+SSTATE_DIR = "${TMPDIR}/test_sstate-cache"
 PREMIRRORS = "\\
     bzr://.*/.*   http://downloads.yoctoproject.org/mirror/sources/ \\n \\
     cvs://.*/.*   http://downloads.yoctoproject.org/mirror/sources/ \\n \\
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/devtool.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/devtool.py
index 9eb9bad..58f3e58 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/devtool.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/devtool.py
@@ -1291,7 +1291,7 @@
             installdir = bb_vars['D']
             fakerootenv = bb_vars['FAKEROOTENV']
             fakerootcmd = bb_vars['FAKEROOTCMD']
-            result = runCmd('%s %s find . -type f -exec ls -l {} \;' % (fakerootenv, fakerootcmd), cwd=installdir)
+            result = runCmd('%s %s find . -type f -exec ls -l {} \\;' % (fakerootenv, fakerootcmd), cwd=installdir)
             filelist1 = self._process_ls_output(result.output)
 
             # Now look on the target
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/distrodata.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/distrodata.py
index e7b5e34..0b45471 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/distrodata.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/distrodata.py
@@ -4,17 +4,10 @@
 from oeqa.utils.ftools import write_file
 from oeqa.core.decorator.oeid import OETestID
 
+import oe.recipeutils
+
 class Distrodata(OESelftestTestCase):
 
-    @classmethod
-    def setUpClass(cls):
-        super(Distrodata, cls).setUpClass()
-        feature = 'INHERIT += "distrodata"\n'
-        feature += 'LICENSE_FLAGS_WHITELIST += " commercial"\n'
-
-        cls.write_config(cls, feature)
-        bitbake('-c checkpkg world')
-
     @OETestID(1902)
     def test_checkpkg(self):
         """
@@ -23,9 +16,13 @@
         Product:     oe-core
         Author:      Alexander Kanavin <alex.kanavin@gmail.com>
         """
-        checkpkg_result = open(os.path.join(get_bb_var("LOG_DIR"), "checkpkg.csv")).readlines()[1:]
-        regressed_failures = [pkg_data[0] for pkg_data in [pkg_line.split('\t') for pkg_line in checkpkg_result] if pkg_data[11] == 'UNKNOWN_BROKEN']
-        regressed_successes = [pkg_data[0] for pkg_data in [pkg_line.split('\t') for pkg_line in checkpkg_result] if pkg_data[11] == 'KNOWN_BROKEN']
+        feature = 'LICENSE_FLAGS_WHITELIST += " commercial"\n'
+        self.write_config(feature)
+
+        pkgs = oe.recipeutils.get_recipe_upgrade_status()
+
+        regressed_failures = [pkg[0] for pkg in pkgs if pkg[1] == 'UNKNOWN_BROKEN']
+        regressed_successes = [pkg[0] for pkg in pkgs if pkg[1] == 'KNOWN_BROKEN']
         msg = ""
         if len(regressed_failures) > 0:
             msg = msg + """
@@ -55,45 +52,36 @@
                      return True
             return False
 
-        def is_in_oe_core(recipe, recipes):
-            self.assertTrue(recipe in recipes.keys(), "Recipe %s was not in 'bitbake-layers show-recipes' output" %(recipe))
-            self.assertTrue(len(recipes[recipe]) > 0, "'bitbake-layers show-recipes' could not determine what layer(s) a recipe %s is in" %(recipe))
-            try:
-                recipes[recipe].index('meta')
-                return True
-            except ValueError:
-                return False
+        feature = 'require conf/distro/include/maintainers.inc\n'
+        self.write_config(feature)
 
-        def get_recipe_layers():
-            import re
+        with bb.tinfoil.Tinfoil() as tinfoil:
+            tinfoil.prepare(config_only=False)
 
-            recipes = {}
-            recipe_regex = re.compile('^(?P<name>.*):$')
-            layer_regex = re.compile('^  (?P<name>\S*) +')
-            output = runCmd('bitbake-layers show-recipes').output
-            for line in output.split('\n'):
-                recipe_name_obj = recipe_regex.search(line)
-                if recipe_name_obj:
-                    recipe_name = recipe_name_obj.group('name')
-                    recipes[recipe_name] = []
-                recipe_layer_obj = layer_regex.search(line)
-                if recipe_layer_obj:
-                    layer_name = recipe_layer_obj.group('name')
-                    recipes[recipe_name].append(layer_name)
-            return recipes
+            with_maintainer_list = []
+            no_maintainer_list = []
+            # We could have used all_recipes() here, but this method will find
+            # every recipe if we ever move to setting RECIPE_MAINTAINER in recipe files
+            # instead of maintainers.inc
+            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('PN')
+                if is_exception(pn):
+                    continue
+                if rd.getVar('RECIPE_MAINTAINER'):
+                    with_maintainer_list.append((pn, fn))
+                else:
+                    no_maintainer_list.append((pn, fn))
 
-        checkpkg_result = open(os.path.join(get_bb_var("LOG_DIR"), "checkpkg.csv")).readlines()[1:]
-        recipes_layers = get_recipe_layers()
-        no_maintainer_list = [pkg_data[0] for pkg_data in [pkg_line.split('\t') for pkg_line in checkpkg_result] \
-            if pkg_data[14] == '' and is_in_oe_core(pkg_data[0], recipes_layers) and not is_exception(pkg_data[0])]
-        msg = """
-The following packages do not have a maintainer assigned to them. Please add an entry to meta/conf/distro/include/maintainers.inc file.
-""" + "\n".join(no_maintainer_list)
-        self.assertTrue(len(no_maintainer_list) == 0, msg)
+        if no_maintainer_list:
+            self.fail("""
+The following recipes do not have a maintainer assigned to them. Please add an entry to meta/conf/distro/include/maintainers.inc file.
+""" + "\n".join(['%s (%s)' % i for i in no_maintainer_list]))
 
-        with_maintainer_list = [pkg_data[0] for pkg_data in [pkg_line.split('\t') for pkg_line in checkpkg_result] \
-            if pkg_data[14] != '' and is_in_oe_core(pkg_data[0], recipes_layers) and not is_exception(pkg_data[0])]
-        msg = """
-The list of oe-core packages with maintainers is empty. This may indicate that the test has regressed and needs fixing.
-"""
-        self.assertTrue(len(with_maintainer_list) > 0, msg)
+        if not with_maintainer_list:
+            self.fail("""
+The list of oe-core recipes with maintainers is empty. This may indicate that the test has regressed and needs fixing.
+""")
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/imagefeatures.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/imagefeatures.py
index 8c95432..aed63e5 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/imagefeatures.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/imagefeatures.py
@@ -236,3 +236,29 @@
 """
         self.write_config(config)
         bitbake("core-image-base")
+
+    def test_no_busybox_base_utils(self):
+        config = """
+# Enable x11
+DISTRO_FEATURES_append += "x11"
+
+# Switch to systemd
+DISTRO_FEATURES += "systemd"
+VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_init_manager = "systemd"
+VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_initscripts = ""
+VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_syslog = ""
+VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_login_manager = "shadow-base"
+DISTRO_FEATURES_BACKFILL_CONSIDERED = "sysvinit"
+
+# Replace busybox
+PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/base-utils = "packagegroup-core-base-utils"
+VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_base-utils = "packagegroup-core-base-utils"
+VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_base-utils-hwclock = "util-linux-hwclock"
+VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_base-utils-syslog = ""
+
+# Blacklist busybox
+PNBLACKLIST[busybox] = "Don't build this"
+"""
+        self.write_config(config)
+
+        bitbake("--graphviz core-image-sato")
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/multiconfig.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/multiconfig.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3c36f6e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/multiconfig.py
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+import os
+from oeqa.selftest.case import OESelftestTestCase
+from oeqa.utils.commands import bitbake
+import oeqa.utils.ftools as ftools
+
+class MultiConfig(OESelftestTestCase):
+
+    def test_multiconfig(self):
+        """
+        Test that a simple multiconfig build works. This uses the mcextend class and the 
+        multiconfig-image-packager test recipe to build a core-image-full-cmdline image which 
+        contains a tiny core-image-minimal and a musl core-image-minimal, installed as packages.
+        """
+
+        config = """
+IMAGE_INSTALL_append_pn-core-image-full-cmdline = " multiconfig-image-packager-tiny multiconfig-image-packager-musl"
+BBMULTICONFIG = "tiny musl"
+"""
+        self.write_config(config)
+
+        muslconfig = """
+MACHINE = "qemux86-64"
+DISTRO = "poky"
+TCLIBC = "musl"
+TMPDIR = "${TOPDIR}/tmp-mc-musl"
+"""
+
+        tinyconfig = """
+MACHINE = "qemux86"
+DISTRO = "poky-tiny"
+TMPDIR = "${TOPDIR}/tmp-mc-tiny"
+"""
+
+        multiconfigdir = self.builddir + "/conf/multiconfig"
+        os.makedirs(multiconfigdir, exist_ok=True)
+        self.track_for_cleanup(multiconfigdir + "/musl.conf")
+        ftools.write_file(multiconfigdir + "/musl.conf", muslconfig)
+        self.track_for_cleanup(multiconfigdir + "/tiny.conf")
+        ftools.write_file(multiconfigdir + "/tiny.conf", tinyconfig)
+
+        # Build a core-image-minimal
+        bitbake('core-image-full-cmdline')
+
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/package.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/package.py
index 0a88dc2..6596dab 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/package.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/package.py
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@
                 elif "Breakpoint 1, main () at hello.c:4" in l:
                     return True
 
-            self.logger.error("GDB result:\n%s: %s" % output)
+            self.logger.error("GDB result:\n%d: %s", status, output)
             return False
 
         with runqemu('core-image-minimal') as qemu:
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/pkgdata.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/pkgdata.py
index 0b4caf1..aa05f40 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/pkgdata.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/pkgdata.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
         super(OePkgdataUtilTests, cls).setUpClass()
         # Ensure we have the right data in pkgdata
         cls.logger.info('Running bitbake to generate pkgdata')
+        bitbake('target-sdk-provides-dummy -c clean')
         bitbake('busybox zlib m4')
 
     @OETestID(1203)
@@ -82,7 +83,7 @@
             pkglist.remove('zlib-ptest') # in case ptest is disabled
         except ValueError:
             pass
-        self.assertEqual(pkglist, ['zlib', 'zlib-dbg', 'zlib-dev', 'zlib-doc', 'zlib-staticdev'], "Packages listed after remove: %s" % result.output)
+        self.assertEqual(pkglist, ['zlib', 'zlib-dbg', 'zlib-dev', 'zlib-doc', 'zlib-src', 'zlib-staticdev'], "Packages listed after remove: %s" % result.output)
         # With recipe specified, runtime
         result = runCmd('oe-pkgdata-util list-pkgs -p zlib -r')
         pkglist = sorted(result.output.split())
@@ -90,7 +91,7 @@
             pkglist.remove('libz-ptest') # in case ptest is disabled
         except ValueError:
             pass
-        self.assertEqual(pkglist, ['libz-dbg', 'libz-dev', 'libz-doc', 'libz-staticdev', 'libz1'], "Packages listed after remove: %s" % result.output)
+        self.assertEqual(pkglist, ['libz-dbg', 'libz-dev', 'libz-doc', 'libz-src', 'libz-staticdev', 'libz1'], "Packages listed after remove: %s" % result.output)
         # With recipe specified and unpackaged
         result = runCmd('oe-pkgdata-util list-pkgs -p zlib -u')
         pkglist = sorted(result.output.split())
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/prservice.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/prservice.py
index 479e520..796ad4f 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/prservice.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/prservice.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     def get_pr_version(self, package_name):
         package_data_file = os.path.join(self.pkgdata_dir, 'runtime', package_name)
         package_data = ftools.read_file(package_data_file)
-        find_pr = re.search("PKGR: r[0-9]+\.([0-9]+)", package_data)
+        find_pr = re.search(r"PKGR: r[0-9]+\.([0-9]+)", package_data)
         self.assertTrue(find_pr, "No PKG revision found in %s" % package_data_file)
         return int(find_pr.group(1))
 
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
         package_stamps_path = "/".join(stampdata[:-1])
         stamps = []
         for stamp in os.listdir(package_stamps_path):
-            find_stamp = re.match("%s\.%s\.([a-z0-9]{32})" % (re.escape(prefix), recipe_task), stamp)
+            find_stamp = re.match(r"%s\.%s\.([a-z0-9]{32})" % (re.escape(prefix), recipe_task), stamp)
             if find_stamp:
                 stamps.append(find_stamp.group(1))
         self.assertFalse(len(stamps) == 0, msg="Cound not find stamp for task %s for recipe %s" % (recipe_task, package_name))
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/recipeutils.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/recipeutils.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dd2f558
--- /dev/null
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/recipeutils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,137 @@
+import os
+import re
+import time
+import logging
+import bb.tinfoil
+
+from oeqa.selftest.case import OESelftestTestCase
+from oeqa.utils.commands import runCmd, get_test_layer
+from oeqa.core.decorator.oeid import OETestID
+
+
+def setUpModule():
+    global tinfoil
+    global metaselftestpath
+    metaselftestpath = get_test_layer()
+    tinfoil = bb.tinfoil.Tinfoil(tracking=True)
+    tinfoil.prepare(config_only=False, quiet=2)
+
+
+def tearDownModule():
+    tinfoil.shutdown()
+
+
+class RecipeUtilsTests(OESelftestTestCase):
+    """ Tests for the recipeutils module functions """
+
+    def test_patch_recipe_varflag(self):
+        import oe.recipeutils
+        rd = tinfoil.parse_recipe('python3-async-test')
+        vals = {'SRC_URI[md5sum]': 'aaaaaa', 'LICENSE': 'something'}
+        patches = oe.recipeutils.patch_recipe(rd, rd.getVar('FILE'), vals, patch=True, relpath=metaselftestpath)
+
+        expected_patch = """
+--- a/recipes-devtools/python/python-async-test.inc
++++ b/recipes-devtools/python/python-async-test.inc
+@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
+ SUMMARY = "Python framework to process interdependent tasks in a pool of workers"
+ HOMEPAGE = "http://github.com/gitpython-developers/async"
+ SECTION = "devel/python"
+-LICENSE = "BSD"
++LICENSE = "something"
+ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://PKG-INFO;beginline=8;endline=8;md5=88df8e78b9edfd744953862179f2d14e"
+ 
+ inherit pypi
+ 
+ PYPI_PACKAGE = "async"
+ 
+-SRC_URI[md5sum] = "9b06b5997de2154f3bc0273f80bcef6b"
++SRC_URI[md5sum] = "aaaaaa"
+ SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "ac6894d876e45878faae493b0cf61d0e28ec417334448ac0a6ea2229d8343051"
+ 
+ RDEPENDS_${PN} += "${PYTHON_PN}-threading"
+"""
+        patchlines = []
+        for f in patches:
+            for line in f:
+                patchlines.append(line)
+        self.maxDiff = None
+        self.assertEqual(''.join(patchlines).strip(), expected_patch.strip())
+
+
+    def test_patch_recipe_singleappend(self):
+        import oe.recipeutils
+        rd = tinfoil.parse_recipe('recipeutils-test')
+        val = rd.getVar('SRC_URI', False).split()
+        del val[1]
+        val = ' '.join(val)
+        vals = {'SRC_URI': val}
+        patches = oe.recipeutils.patch_recipe(rd, rd.getVar('FILE'), vals, patch=True, relpath=metaselftestpath)
+
+        expected_patch = """
+--- a/recipes-test/recipeutils/recipeutils-test_1.2.bb
++++ b/recipes-test/recipeutils/recipeutils-test_1.2.bb
+@@ -8,6 +8,4 @@
+ 
+ BBCLASSEXTEND = "native nativesdk"
+ 
+-SRC_URI += "file://somefile"
+-
+ SRC_URI_append = " file://anotherfile"
+"""
+        patchlines = []
+        for f in patches:
+            for line in f:
+                patchlines.append(line)
+        self.assertEqual(''.join(patchlines).strip(), expected_patch.strip())
+
+
+    def test_patch_recipe_appends(self):
+        import oe.recipeutils
+        rd = tinfoil.parse_recipe('recipeutils-test')
+        val = rd.getVar('SRC_URI', False).split()
+        vals = {'SRC_URI': val[0]}
+        patches = oe.recipeutils.patch_recipe(rd, rd.getVar('FILE'), vals, patch=True, relpath=metaselftestpath)
+
+        expected_patch = """
+--- a/recipes-test/recipeutils/recipeutils-test_1.2.bb
++++ b/recipes-test/recipeutils/recipeutils-test_1.2.bb
+@@ -8,6 +8,3 @@
+ 
+ BBCLASSEXTEND = "native nativesdk"
+ 
+-SRC_URI += "file://somefile"
+-
+-SRC_URI_append = " file://anotherfile"
+"""
+        patchlines = []
+        for f in patches:
+            for line in f:
+                patchlines.append(line)
+        self.assertEqual(''.join(patchlines).strip(), expected_patch.strip())
+
+
+    def test_validate_pn(self):
+        import oe.recipeutils
+        expected_results = {
+            'test': '',
+            'glib-2.0': '',
+            'gtk+': '',
+            'forcevariable': 'reserved',
+            'pn-something': 'reserved',
+            'test.bb': 'file',
+            'test_one': 'character',
+            'test!': 'character',
+        }
+
+        for pn, expected in expected_results.items():
+            result = oe.recipeutils.validate_pn(pn)
+            if expected:
+                self.assertIn(expected, result)
+            else:
+                self.assertEqual(result, '')
+
+    def test_split_var_value(self):
+        import oe.recipeutils
+        res = oe.recipeutils.split_var_value('test.1 test.2 ${@call_function("hi there world", false)} test.4')
+        self.assertEqual(res, ['test.1', 'test.2', '${@call_function("hi there world", false)}', 'test.4'])
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/runcmd.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/runcmd.py
index d76d706..a1615cf 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/runcmd.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/runcmd.py
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@
 
     # The delta is intentionally smaller than the timeout, to detect cases where
     # we incorrectly apply the timeout more than once.
-    TIMEOUT = 2
-    DELTA = 1
+    TIMEOUT = 5
+    DELTA = 3
 
     @OETestID(1916)
     def test_result_okay(self):
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/runtime_test.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/runtime_test.py
index 906e460..6c25bb9 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/runtime_test.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/runtime_test.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 import re
 import tempfile
 import shutil
+import oe.lsb
 
 class TestExport(OESelftestTestCase):
 
@@ -168,6 +169,71 @@
         # remove the oeqa-feed-sign temporal directory
         shutil.rmtree(self.gpg_home, ignore_errors=True)
 
+    @OETestID(1883)
+    def test_testimage_virgl_gtk(self):
+        """
+        Summary: Check host-assisted accelerate OpenGL functionality in qemu with gtk frontend
+        Expected: 1. Check that virgl kernel driver is loaded and 3d acceleration is enabled
+                  2. Check that kmscube demo runs without crashing.
+        Product: oe-core
+        Author: Alexander Kanavin <alex.kanavin@gmail.com>
+        """
+        if "DISPLAY" not in os.environ:
+            self.skipTest("virgl gtk test must be run inside a X session")
+        distro = oe.lsb.distro_identifier()
+        if distro and distro == 'debian-8':
+            self.skipTest('virgl isn\'t working with Debian 8')
+
+        qemu_packageconfig = get_bb_var('PACKAGECONFIG', 'qemu-system-native')
+        features = 'INHERIT += "testimage"\n'
+        if 'gtk+' not in qemu_packageconfig:
+            features += 'PACKAGECONFIG_append_pn-qemu-system-native = " gtk+"\n'
+        if 'virglrenderer' not in qemu_packageconfig:
+            features += 'PACKAGECONFIG_append_pn-qemu-system-native = " virglrenderer"\n'
+        if 'glx' not in qemu_packageconfig:
+            features += 'PACKAGECONFIG_append_pn-qemu-system-native = " glx"\n'
+        features += 'TEST_SUITES = "ping ssh virgl"\n'
+        features += 'IMAGE_FEATURES_append = " ssh-server-dropbear"\n'
+        features += 'IMAGE_INSTALL_append = " kmscube"\n'
+        features += 'TEST_RUNQEMUPARAMS = "gtk-gl"\n'
+        self.write_config(features)
+        bitbake('core-image-minimal')
+        bitbake('-c testimage core-image-minimal')
+
+    @OETestID(1883)
+    def test_testimage_virgl_headless(self):
+        """
+        Summary: Check host-assisted accelerate OpenGL functionality in qemu with egl-headless frontend
+        Expected: 1. Check that virgl kernel driver is loaded and 3d acceleration is enabled
+                  2. Check that kmscube demo runs without crashing.
+        Product: oe-core
+        Author: Alexander Kanavin <alex.kanavin@gmail.com>
+        """
+        import subprocess, os
+        try:
+            content = os.listdir("/dev/dri")
+            if len([i for i in content if i.startswith('render')]) == 0:
+                self.skipTest("No render nodes found in /dev/dri: %s" %(content))
+        except FileNotFoundError:
+            self.skipTest("/dev/dri directory does not exist; no render nodes available on this machine.")
+        try:
+            dripath = subprocess.check_output("pkg-config --variable=dridriverdir dri", shell=True)
+        except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
+            self.skipTest("Could not determine the path to dri drivers on the host via pkg-config.\nPlease install Mesa development files (particularly, dri.pc) on the host machine.")
+        qemu_packageconfig = get_bb_var('PACKAGECONFIG', 'qemu-system-native')
+        features = 'INHERIT += "testimage"\n'
+        if 'virglrenderer' not in qemu_packageconfig:
+            features += 'PACKAGECONFIG_append_pn-qemu-system-native = " virglrenderer"\n'
+        if 'glx' not in qemu_packageconfig:
+            features += 'PACKAGECONFIG_append_pn-qemu-system-native = " glx"\n'
+        features += 'TEST_SUITES = "ping ssh virgl"\n'
+        features += 'IMAGE_FEATURES_append = " ssh-server-dropbear"\n'
+        features += 'IMAGE_INSTALL_append = " kmscube"\n'
+        features += 'TEST_RUNQEMUPARAMS = "egl-headless"\n'
+        self.write_config(features)
+        bitbake('core-image-minimal')
+        bitbake('-c testimage core-image-minimal')
+
 class Postinst(OESelftestTestCase):
     @OETestID(1540)
     @OETestID(1545)
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/sstatetests.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/sstatetests.py
index 077d6e5..938e654 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/sstatetests.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/sstatetests.py
@@ -96,14 +96,14 @@
         bitbake(['-ccleansstate'] + targets)
 
         bitbake(targets)
-        tgz_created = self.search_sstate('|'.join(map(str, [s + '.*?\.tgz$' for s in targets])), distro_specific, distro_nonspecific)
+        tgz_created = self.search_sstate('|'.join(map(str, [s + r'.*?\.tgz$' for s in targets])), distro_specific, distro_nonspecific)
         self.assertTrue(tgz_created, msg="Could not find sstate .tgz files for: %s (%s)" % (', '.join(map(str, targets)), str(tgz_created)))
 
-        siginfo_created = self.search_sstate('|'.join(map(str, [s + '.*?\.siginfo$' for s in targets])), distro_specific, distro_nonspecific)
+        siginfo_created = self.search_sstate('|'.join(map(str, [s + r'.*?\.siginfo$' for s in targets])), distro_specific, distro_nonspecific)
         self.assertTrue(siginfo_created, msg="Could not find sstate .siginfo files for: %s (%s)" % (', '.join(map(str, targets)), str(siginfo_created)))
 
         bitbake(['-ccleansstate'] + targets)
-        tgz_removed = self.search_sstate('|'.join(map(str, [s + '.*?\.tgz$' for s in targets])), distro_specific, distro_nonspecific)
+        tgz_removed = self.search_sstate('|'.join(map(str, [s + r'.*?\.tgz$' for s in targets])), distro_specific, distro_nonspecific)
         self.assertTrue(not tgz_removed, msg="do_cleansstate didn't remove .tgz sstate files for: %s (%s)" % (', '.join(map(str, targets)), str(tgz_removed)))
 
     @OETestID(977)
@@ -130,14 +130,14 @@
         bitbake(['-ccleansstate'] + targets)
 
         bitbake(targets)
-        results = self.search_sstate('|'.join(map(str, [s + '.*?\.tgz$' for s in targets])), distro_specific=False, distro_nonspecific=True)
+        results = self.search_sstate('|'.join(map(str, [s + r'.*?\.tgz$' for s in targets])), distro_specific=False, distro_nonspecific=True)
         filtered_results = []
         for r in results:
             if r.endswith(("_populate_lic.tgz", "_populate_lic.tgz.siginfo")):
                 continue
             filtered_results.append(r)
         self.assertTrue(filtered_results == [], msg="Found distro non-specific sstate for: %s (%s)" % (', '.join(map(str, targets)), str(filtered_results)))
-        file_tracker_1 = self.search_sstate('|'.join(map(str, [s + '.*?\.tgz$' for s in targets])), distro_specific=True, distro_nonspecific=False)
+        file_tracker_1 = self.search_sstate('|'.join(map(str, [s + r'.*?\.tgz$' for s in targets])), distro_specific=True, distro_nonspecific=False)
         self.assertTrue(len(file_tracker_1) >= len(targets), msg = "Not all sstate files ware created for: %s" % ', '.join(map(str, targets)))
 
         self.track_for_cleanup(self.distro_specific_sstate + "_old")
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@
 
         bitbake(['-cclean'] + targets)
         bitbake(targets)
-        file_tracker_2 = self.search_sstate('|'.join(map(str, [s + '.*?\.tgz$' for s in targets])), distro_specific=True, distro_nonspecific=False)
+        file_tracker_2 = self.search_sstate('|'.join(map(str, [s + r'.*?\.tgz$' for s in targets])), distro_specific=True, distro_nonspecific=False)
         self.assertTrue(len(file_tracker_2) >= len(targets), msg = "Not all sstate files ware created for: %s" % ', '.join(map(str, targets)))
 
         not_recreated = [x for x in file_tracker_1 if x not in file_tracker_2]
@@ -192,18 +192,18 @@
             if not sstate_arch in sstate_archs_list:
                 sstate_archs_list.append(sstate_arch)
             if target_config[idx] == target_config[-1]:
-                target_sstate_before_build = self.search_sstate(target + '.*?\.tgz$')
+                target_sstate_before_build = self.search_sstate(target + r'.*?\.tgz$')
             bitbake("-cclean %s" % target)
             result = bitbake(target, ignore_status=True)
             if target_config[idx] == target_config[-1]:
-                target_sstate_after_build = self.search_sstate(target + '.*?\.tgz$')
+                target_sstate_after_build = self.search_sstate(target + r'.*?\.tgz$')
                 expected_remaining_sstate += [x for x in target_sstate_after_build if x not in target_sstate_before_build if not any(pattern in x for pattern in ignore_patterns)]
             self.remove_config(global_config[idx])
             self.remove_recipeinc(target, target_config[idx])
             self.assertEqual(result.status, 0, msg = "build of %s failed with %s" % (target, result.output))
 
         runCmd("sstate-cache-management.sh -y --cache-dir=%s --remove-duplicated --extra-archs=%s" % (self.sstate_path, ','.join(map(str, sstate_archs_list))))
-        actual_remaining_sstate = [x for x in self.search_sstate(target + '.*?\.tgz$') if not any(pattern in x for pattern in ignore_patterns)]
+        actual_remaining_sstate = [x for x in self.search_sstate(target + r'.*?\.tgz$') if not any(pattern in x for pattern in ignore_patterns)]
 
         actual_not_expected = [x for x in actual_remaining_sstate if x not in expected_remaining_sstate]
         self.assertFalse(actual_not_expected, msg="Files should have been removed but ware not: %s" % ', '.join(map(str, actual_not_expected)))
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/context.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/context.py
index c521290..c56e53d 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/context.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/context.py
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@
         logdir = os.environ.get("BUILDDIR")
         if 'LOG_DIR' in bbvars:
             logdir = bbvars['LOG_DIR']
+        bb.utils.mkdirhier(logdir)
         args.output_log = logdir + '/%s-results-%s.log' % (self.name, args.test_start_time)
 
         super(OESelftestTestContextExecutor, self)._process_args(logger, args)