diff --git a/meta/classes-global/package.bbclass b/meta/classes-global/package.bbclass
index 30accaeaa9..37e4469bc8 100644
--- a/meta/classes-global/package.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes-global/package.bbclass
@@ -460,6 +460,7 @@ def gen_packagevar(d, pkgvars="PACKAGEVARS"):
 
 # Functions for setting up PKGD
 PACKAGE_PREPROCESS_FUNCS ?= ""
+PACKAGE_POSTPROCESS_FUNCS ?= ""
 # Functions which split PKGD up into separate packages
 PACKAGESPLITFUNCS ?= " \
                 package_do_split_locales \
@@ -473,6 +474,7 @@ PACKAGEFUNCS += " \
                 package_do_pkgconfig \
                 read_shlibdeps \
                 package_depchains \
+                ${PACKAGE_POSTPROCESS_FUNCS} \
                 emit_pkgdata"
 
 python do_package () {