diff --git a/bin/bitbake-getvar b/bin/bitbake-getvar
index 8901f99ae..1002d827b 100755
--- a/bin/bitbake-getvar
+++ b/bin/bitbake-getvar
@@ -45,6 +45,11 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
             tinfoil.prepare(quiet=2, config_only=True)
             d = tinfoil.config_data
 
+        # Expand keys and run anonymous functions to get identical result to
+        # "bitbake -e"
+        bb.data.expandKeys(d)
+        tinfoil.runAnonFuncs()
+
         value = None
         if args.flag:
             value = d.getVarFlag(args.variable, args.flag, expand=not args.unexpand)
diff --git a/lib/bb/command.py b/lib/bb/command.py
index 1fcb9bf14..27e99a584 100644
--- a/lib/bb/command.py
+++ b/lib/bb/command.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import io
 import bb.event
 import bb.cooker
 import bb.remotedata
+import bb.parse
 
 class DataStoreConnectionHandle(object):
     def __init__(self, dsindex=0):
@@ -582,6 +583,9 @@ class CommandsSync:
         return DataStoreConnectionHandle(idx)
     parseRecipeFile.readonly = True
 
+    def runAnonFuncs(self, command, params):
+        bb.parse.ast.runAnonFuncs(command.cooker.data)
+
 class CommandsAsync:
     """
     A class of asynchronous commands
diff --git a/lib/bb/tinfoil.py b/lib/bb/tinfoil.py
index dcd3910cc..4d6d07539 100644
--- a/lib/bb/tinfoil.py
+++ b/lib/bb/tinfoil.py
@@ -633,6 +633,12 @@ class Tinfoil:
         fn = self.get_recipe_file(pn)
         return self.parse_recipe_file(fn)
 
+    def runAnonFuncs(self):
+        """
+        Run anonymous functions
+        """
+        self.run_command('runAnonFuncs')
+
     def parse_recipe_file(self, fn, appends=True, appendlist=None, config_data=None):
         """
         Parse the specified recipe file (with or without bbappends)