diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/cookerdata.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/cookerdata.py
index 53f458786f..722d860246 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/cookerdata.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/cookerdata.py
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ class CookerConfiguration(object):
         self.writeeventlog = False
         self.server_only = False
         self.limited_deps = False
+        self.runall = None
 
         self.env = {}
 
diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/main.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/main.py
index 3ff43cf9ae..b3cd2cfe20 100755
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/main.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/main.py
@@ -287,6 +287,9 @@ class BitBakeConfigParameters(cookerdata.ConfigParameters):
                           help="Writes the event log of the build to a bitbake event json file. "
                                "Use '' (empty string) to assign the name automatically.")
 
+        parser.add_option("", "--runall", action="store", dest="runall",
+                          help="Run the specified task for all build targets and their dependencies.")
+
         options, targets = parser.parse_args(argv)
 
         if options.quiet and options.verbose:
diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/runqueue.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/runqueue.py
index a3b451ad6f..38304d16d3 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/runqueue.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/runqueue.py
@@ -803,6 +803,23 @@ class RunQueueData:
 
         self.init_progress_reporter.next_stage()
 
+        if self.cooker.configuration.runall is not None:
+            runall = "do_%s" % self.cooker.configuration.runall
+            runall_tids = { k: v for k, v in self.runtaskentries.items() if taskname_from_tid(k) == runall }
+
+            # re-run the mark_active and then drop unused tasks from new list
+            runq_build = {}
+            for tid in list(runall_tids):
+                mark_active(tid,1)
+
+            for tid in list(self.runtaskentries.keys()):
+                if tid not in runq_build:
+                    del self.runtaskentries[tid]
+                    delcount += 1
+
+            if len(self.runtaskentries) == 0:
+                bb.msg.fatal("RunQueue", "No remaining tasks to run run for build target %s with runall %s" % (target, runall))
+
         #
         # Step D - Sanity checks and computation
         #