diff --git a/meta/classes/packageinfo.bbclass b/meta/classes/packageinfo.bbclass
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+++ b/meta/classes/packageinfo.bbclass
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+python packageinfo_handler () {
+    import oe.packagedata
+    pkginfolist = []
+
+    pkgdata_dir = e.data.getVar("PKGDATA_DIR", True) + '/runtime/'
+    if os.path.exists(pkgdata_dir):
+        for root, dirs, files in os.walk(pkgdata_dir):
+            for pkgname in files:
+                if pkgname.endswith('.packaged'):
+                    pkgname = pkgname[:-9]
+                    pkgdatafile = root + pkgname
+                    try:
+                        sdata = oe.packagedata.read_pkgdatafile(pkgdatafile)
+                        sdata['PKG'] = pkgname
+                        pkginfolist.append(sdata)
+                    except Exception as e:
+                        bb.warn("Failed to read pkgdata file %s: %s: %s" % (pkgdatafile, e.__class__, str(e)))
+    bb.event.fire(bb.event.PackageInfo(pkginfolist), e.data)
+}
+
+addhandler packageinfo_handler
+packageinfo_handler[eventmask] = "bb.event.RequestPackageInfo"