diff --git a/scripts/oe-pkgdata-util b/scripts/oe-pkgdata-util
index 6255662a4b..677effeef6 100755
--- a/scripts/oe-pkgdata-util
+++ b/scripts/oe-pkgdata-util
@@ -325,8 +325,15 @@ def package_info(args):
             recipe_version = recipe_version + "-" + mappings[pkg]['PR']
         pkg_size = mappings[pkg]['PKGSIZE']
 
-        items.append("%s %s %s %s %s" %
-                     (pkg, pkg_version, recipe, recipe_version, pkg_size))
+        line = "%s %s %s %s %s" % (pkg, pkg_version, recipe, recipe_version, pkg_size)
+
+        if args.extra:
+            for var in args.extra:
+                val = mappings[pkg][var].strip()
+                val = re.sub(r'\s+', ' ', val)
+                line += ' "%s"' % val
+
+        items.append(line)
     print('\n'.join(items))
 
 def get_recipe_pkgs(pkgdata_dir, recipe, unpackaged):
@@ -530,6 +537,7 @@ def main():
                                           description='Looks up the specified runtime package(s) and display information')
     parser_package_info.add_argument('pkg', nargs='*', help='Runtime package name to look up')
     parser_package_info.add_argument('-f', '--file', help='Read package names from the specified file (one per line, first field only)')
+    parser_package_info.add_argument('-e', '--extra', help='Extra variables to display, e.g., LICENSE (can be specified multiple times)', action='append')
     parser_package_info.set_defaults(func=package_info)
 
     parser_find_path = subparsers.add_parser('find-path',