diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/pkgdata.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/pkgdata.py
index d786c33018..d3d38e7419 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/pkgdata.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/pkgdata.py
@@ -225,3 +225,18 @@ class OePkgdataUtilTests(OESelftestTestCase):
         self.assertEqual(result.status, 2, "Status different than 2. output: %s" % result.output)
         currpos = result.output.find('usage: oe-pkgdata-util')
         self.assertTrue(currpos != -1, msg = "Test is Failed. Help is not Displayed in %s" % result.output)
+
+    def test_multilib_variables(self):
+        self.write_config("""
+MACHINE = "qemux86-64"
+require conf/multilib.conf
+MULTILIBS = "multilib:lib32"
+DEFAULTTUNE:virtclass-multilib-lib32 = "x86"
+""")
+        self.logger.info("Build with multilib lib32 enabled")
+        bitbake('systemd lib32-systemd')
+        pkg = runCmd('oe-pkgdata-util lookup-pkg libsystemd').output
+        pkg_lib32 = runCmd('oe-pkgdata-util lookup-pkg lib32-libsystemd').output
+        license = runCmd('oe-pkgdata-util read-value LICENSE %s' % pkg).output
+        license_lib32 = runCmd('oe-pkgdata-util read-value LICENSE %s' % pkg_lib32).output
+        self.assertEqual(license, license_lib32)