diff --git a/bin/bitbake-layers b/bin/bitbake-layers
index 341ecbcd9..7d929567a 100755
--- a/bin/bitbake-layers
+++ b/bin/bitbake-layers
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ topdir = os.path.dirname(bindir)
 sys.path[0:0] = [os.path.join(topdir, 'lib')]
 
 import bb.tinfoil
+import bb.cooker
 import bb.msg
 
 logger = bb.msg.logger_create(toolname, sys.stdout)
@@ -64,7 +65,11 @@ def main():
         if global_args.force > 1:
             bbpaths = []
         else:
-            tinfoil.prepare(True)
+            if toolname == "bitbake-config-build":
+                extra_features = [bb.cooker.CookerFeatures.SKIP_FRAGMENTS]
+            else:
+                extra_features = None
+            tinfoil.prepare(True, extra_features=extra_features)
             bbpaths = tinfoil.config_data.getVar('BBPATH').split(':')
 
         for path in ([topdir] + bbpaths):
diff --git a/lib/bb/cooker.py b/lib/bb/cooker.py
index 03f262ac1..32669ed96 100644
--- a/lib/bb/cooker.py
+++ b/lib/bb/cooker.py
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ class SkippedPackage:
 
 
 class CookerFeatures(object):
-    _feature_list = [HOB_EXTRA_CACHES, BASEDATASTORE_TRACKING, SEND_SANITYEVENTS, RECIPE_SIGGEN_INFO] = list(range(4))
+    _feature_list = [HOB_EXTRA_CACHES, BASEDATASTORE_TRACKING, SEND_SANITYEVENTS, RECIPE_SIGGEN_INFO, SKIP_FRAGMENTS] = list(range(5))
 
     def __init__(self):
         self._features=set()
@@ -278,6 +278,9 @@ class BBCooker:
                 logger.critical("Unable to import extra RecipeInfo '%s' from '%s': %s" % (cache_name, module_name, exc))
                 raise bb.BBHandledException()
 
+        if CookerFeatures.SKIP_FRAGMENTS in self.featureset:
+            self.skipFragments()
+
         self.databuilder = bb.cookerdata.CookerDataBuilder(self.configuration, False)
         self.databuilder.parseBaseConfiguration()
         self.data = self.databuilder.data
@@ -355,6 +358,9 @@ You can also remove the BB_HASHSERVE_UPSTREAM setting, but this may result in si
         if hasattr(self, "data"):
             self.data.disableTracking()
 
+    def skipFragments(self):
+        self.configuration.skip_fragments = True
+
     def revalidateCaches(self):
         bb.parse.clear_cache()
 
diff --git a/lib/bb/cookerdata.py b/lib/bb/cookerdata.py
index 65c153a5b..b6dca7af7 100644
--- a/lib/bb/cookerdata.py
+++ b/lib/bb/cookerdata.py
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ class CookerConfiguration(object):
         self.build_verbose_stdout = False
         self.dry_run = False
         self.tracking = False
+        self.skip_fragments = False
         self.writeeventlog = False
         self.limited_deps = False
         self.runall = []
@@ -226,12 +227,15 @@ class CookerDataBuilder(object):
         self.prefiles = cookercfg.prefile
         self.postfiles = cookercfg.postfile
         self.tracking = cookercfg.tracking
+        self.skip_fragments = cookercfg.skip_fragments
 
         bb.utils.set_context(bb.utils.clean_context())
         bb.event.set_class_handlers(bb.event.clean_class_handlers())
         self.basedata = bb.data.init()
         if self.tracking:
             self.basedata.enableTracking()
+        if self.skip_fragments:
+            self.basedata.setVar("_BB_SKIP_FRAGMENTS", "1")
 
         # Keep a datastore of the initial environment variables and their
         # values from when BitBake was launched to enable child processes
diff --git a/lib/bb/parse/ast.py b/lib/bb/parse/ast.py
index e6ff1ff76..bf9bd4f55 100644
--- a/lib/bb/parse/ast.py
+++ b/lib/bb/parse/ast.py
@@ -351,6 +351,9 @@ class AddFragmentsNode(AstNode):
         self.builtin_fragments_variable = builtin_fragments_variable
 
     def eval(self, data):
+        if data.getVar('_BB_SKIP_FRAGMENTS') == '1':
+            return
+
         # No need to use mark_dependency since we would only match a fragment
         # from a specific layer and there can only be a single layer with a
         # given namespace.