diff --git a/bitbake/bin/bitbake-worker b/bitbake/bin/bitbake-worker
index 66b6aabfdb..ff20c1ca98 100755
--- a/bitbake/bin/bitbake-worker
+++ b/bitbake/bin/bitbake-worker
@@ -97,7 +97,8 @@ def fork_off_task(cfg, data, workerdata, fn, task, taskname, appends, quieterror
         except TypeError:
              umask = taskdep['umask'][taskname]
 
-    if 'fakeroot' in taskdep and taskname in taskdep['fakeroot']:
+    # We can't use the fakeroot environment in a dry run as it possibly hasn't been built
+    if 'fakeroot' in taskdep and taskname in taskdep['fakeroot'] and not cfg.dry_run:
         envvars = (workerdata["fakerootenv"][fn] or "").split()
         for key, value in (var.split('=') for var in envvars):
             envbackup[key] = os.environ.get(key)
diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/runqueue.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/runqueue.py
index 72c020801b..a320a649e9 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/runqueue.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/runqueue.py
@@ -1408,7 +1408,7 @@ class RunQueueExecuteTasks(RunQueueExecute):
                 bb.event.fire(startevent, self.cfgData)
 
             taskdep = self.rqdata.dataCache.task_deps[fn]
-            if 'fakeroot' in taskdep and taskname in taskdep['fakeroot']:
+            if 'fakeroot' in taskdep and taskname in taskdep['fakeroot'] and not self.cooker.configuration.dry_run:
                 if not self.rq.fakeworker:
                     self.rq.start_fakeworker(self)
                 self.rq.fakeworker.stdin.write("<runtask>" + pickle.dumps((fn, task, taskname, False, self.cooker.collection.get_file_appends(fn))) + "</runtask>")