diff --git a/meta/files/toolchain-shar-extract.sh b/meta/files/toolchain-shar-extract.sh
index 9279310376..434510470b 100644
--- a/meta/files/toolchain-shar-extract.sh
+++ b/meta/files/toolchain-shar-extract.sh
@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ relocate=1
 savescripts=0
 verbose=0
 publish=0
-while getopts ":yd:npDRS" OPT; do
+listcontents=0
+while getopts ":yd:npDRSl" OPT; do
 	case $OPT in
 	y)
 		answer="Y"
@@ -72,6 +73,9 @@ while getopts ":yd:npDRS" OPT; do
 	S)
 		savescripts=1
 		;;
+	l)
+		listcontents=1
+		;;
 	*)
 		echo "Usage: $(basename $0) [-y] [-d <dir>]"
 		echo "  -y         Automatic yes to all prompts"
@@ -83,11 +87,18 @@ while getopts ":yd:npDRS" OPT; do
 		echo "  -S         Save relocation scripts"
 		echo "  -R         Do not relocate executables"
 		echo "  -D         use set -x to see what is going on"
+		echo "  -l         list files that will be extracted"
 		exit 1
 		;;
 	esac
 done
 
+payload_offset=$(($(grep -na -m1 "^MARKER:$" $0|cut -d':' -f1) + 1))
+if [ "$listcontents" = "1" ] ; then
+    tail -n +$payload_offset $0| tar tvJ || exit 1
+    exit
+fi
+
 titlestr="@SDK_TITLE@ installer version @SDK_VERSION@"
 printf "%s\n" "$titlestr"
 printf "%${#titlestr}s\n" | tr " " "="
@@ -187,8 +198,6 @@ if [ ! -x $target_sdk_dir -o ! -w $target_sdk_dir -o ! -r $target_sdk_dir ]; the
 	$SUDO_EXEC mkdir -p $target_sdk_dir >/dev/null 2>&1
 fi
 
-payload_offset=$(($(grep -na -m1 "^MARKER:$" $0|cut -d':' -f1) + 1))
-
 printf "Extracting SDK..."
 tail -n +$payload_offset $0| $SUDO_EXEC tar xJ -C $target_sdk_dir --checkpoint=.2500 $EXTRA_TAR_OPTIONS || exit 1
 echo "done"