diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/command.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/command.py
index ab51d8e6cd..a919f58d24 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/command.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/command.py
@@ -310,7 +310,8 @@ class CommandsSync:
     def updateConfig(self, command, params):
         options = params[0]
         environment = params[1]
-        command.cooker.updateConfigOpts(options, environment)
+        cmdline = params[2]
+        command.cooker.updateConfigOpts(options, environment, cmdline)
     updateConfig.needconfig = False
 
     def parseConfiguration(self, command, params):
diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/cooker.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/cooker.py
index 7521ae878c..3c9e88cd24 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/cooker.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/cooker.py
@@ -192,6 +192,8 @@ class BBCooker:
         bb.parse.__mtime_cache = {}
         bb.parse.BBHandler.cached_statements = {}
 
+        self.ui_cmdline = None
+
         self.initConfigurationData()
 
         # we log all events to a file if so directed
@@ -366,6 +368,8 @@ class BBCooker:
         if consolelog:
             self.data.setVar("BB_CONSOLELOG", consolelog)
 
+        self.data.setVar('BB_CMDLINE', self.ui_cmdline)
+
         #
         # Copy of the data store which has been expanded.
         # Used for firing events and accessing variables where expansion needs to be accounted for
@@ -543,7 +547,8 @@ class BBCooker:
 
         self.handleCollections(self.data.getVar("BBFILE_COLLECTIONS"))
 
-    def updateConfigOpts(self, options, environment):
+    def updateConfigOpts(self, options, environment, cmdline):
+        self.ui_cmdline = cmdline
         clean = True
         for o in options:
             if o in ['prefile', 'postfile']:
diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/cookerdata.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/cookerdata.py
index 722d860246..e408a35e15 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/cookerdata.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/cookerdata.py
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ class ConfigParameters(object):
                   "prefile", "postfile"]:
             options[o] = getattr(self.options, o)
 
-        ret, error = server.runCommand(["updateConfig", options, environment])
+        ret, error = server.runCommand(["updateConfig", options, environment, sys.argv])
         if error:
                 raise Exception("Unable to update the server configuration with local parameters: %s" % error)