diff --git a/scripts/lib/recipetool/append.py b/scripts/lib/recipetool/append.py
index 867d55a23b..558fd25ac5 100644
--- a/scripts/lib/recipetool/append.py
+++ b/scripts/lib/recipetool/append.py
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ def target_path(targetpath):
     return targetpath
 
 
-def register_command(subparsers):
+def register_commands(subparsers):
     common = argparse.ArgumentParser(add_help=False)
     common.add_argument('-m', '--machine', help='Make bbappend changes specific to a machine only', metavar='MACHINE')
     common.add_argument('-w', '--wildcard-version', help='Use wildcard to make the bbappend apply to any recipe version', action='store_true')
diff --git a/scripts/lib/recipetool/create.py b/scripts/lib/recipetool/create.py
index 15aa9bdbb3..2d750465d1 100644
--- a/scripts/lib/recipetool/create.py
+++ b/scripts/lib/recipetool/create.py
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ def convert_debian(debpath):
     return values
 
 
-def register_command(subparsers):
+def register_commands(subparsers):
     parser_create = subparsers.add_parser('create',
                                           help='Create a new recipe',
                                           description='Creates a new recipe from a source tree')
diff --git a/scripts/lib/recipetool/newappend.py b/scripts/lib/recipetool/newappend.py
index 4eeac0e943..f9b8d85ecf 100644
--- a/scripts/lib/recipetool/newappend.py
+++ b/scripts/lib/recipetool/newappend.py
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ def newappend(args):
     print(append_path)
 
 
-def register_command(subparsers):
+def register_commands(subparsers):
     parser = subparsers.add_parser('newappend',
                                    help='Create a bbappend for the specified target in the specified layer')
     parser.add_argument('-w', '--wildcard-version', help='Use wildcard to make the bbappend apply to any recipe version', action='store_true')
diff --git a/scripts/lib/recipetool/setvar.py b/scripts/lib/recipetool/setvar.py
index 18e3281b0e..657d2b6a7b 100644
--- a/scripts/lib/recipetool/setvar.py
+++ b/scripts/lib/recipetool/setvar.py
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ def setvar(args):
     return 0
 
 
-def register_command(subparsers):
+def register_commands(subparsers):
     parser_setvar = subparsers.add_parser('setvar',
                                           help='Set a variable within a recipe',
                                           description='Adds/updates the value a variable is set to in a recipe')
diff --git a/scripts/recipetool b/scripts/recipetool
index 4af0bfb686..791a66aaca 100755
--- a/scripts/recipetool
+++ b/scripts/recipetool
@@ -82,7 +82,11 @@ def main():
 
     registered = False
     for plugin in plugins:
-        if hasattr(plugin, 'register_command'):
+        if hasattr(plugin, 'register_commands'):
+            registered = True
+            plugin.register_commands(subparsers)
+        elif hasattr(plugin, 'register_command'):
+            # Legacy function name
             registered = True
             plugin.register_command(subparsers)
         if hasattr(plugin, 'tinfoil_init'):