diff --git a/meta/classes/image.bbclass b/meta/classes/image.bbclass
index a296cc0..8e350a3 100644
--- a/meta/classes/image.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/image.bbclass
@@ -63,9 +63,10 @@ image_do_mounts() {
 }
 
 ROOTFSDIR = "${IMAGE_ROOTFS}"
-ROOTFS_FEATURES += "clean-package-cache finalize-rootfs generate-manifest"
+ROOTFS_FEATURES += "clean-package-cache finalize-rootfs generate-manifest export-dpkg-status"
 ROOTFS_PACKAGES += "${IMAGE_PREINSTALL} ${IMAGE_INSTALL}"
 ROOTFS_MANIFEST_DEPLOY_DIR ?= "${DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE}"
+ROOTFS_DPKGSTATUS_DEPLOY_DIR ?= "${DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE}"
 
 inherit rootfs
 inherit image-sdk-extension
diff --git a/meta/classes/rootfs.bbclass b/meta/classes/rootfs.bbclass
index afec1cb..bd73ee6 100644
--- a/meta/classes/rootfs.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/rootfs.bbclass
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ ROOTFS_PACKAGES ?= ""
 # available features are:
 # 'clean-package-cache' - delete package cache from rootfs
 # 'generate-manifest' - generate a package manifest of the rootfs into ${ROOTFS_MANIFEST_DEPLOY_DIR}
+# 'export-dpkg-status' - exports /var/lib/dpkg/status file to ${ROOTFS_DPKGSTATUS_DEPLOY_DIR}
 # 'finalize-rootfs' - delete files needed to chroot into the rootfs
 ROOTFS_FEATURES ?= ""
 
@@ -201,6 +202,13 @@ rootfs_generate_manifest () {
         ${ROOTFS_MANIFEST_DEPLOY_DIR}/"${PF}".manifest
 }
 
+ROOTFS_POSTPROCESS_COMMAND += "${@bb.utils.contains('ROOTFS_FEATURES', 'export-dpkg-status', 'rootfs_export_dpkg_status', '', d)}"
+rootfs_export_dpkg_status() {
+    mkdir -p ${ROOTFS_DPKGSTATUS_DEPLOY_DIR}
+    cp '${ROOTFSDIR}'/var/lib/dpkg/status \
+       '${ROOTFS_DPKGSTATUS_DEPLOY_DIR}'/'${PF}'.dpkg_status
+}
+
 ROOTFS_POSTPROCESS_COMMAND += "${@bb.utils.contains('ROOTFS_FEATURES', 'finalize-rootfs', 'rootfs_postprocess_finalize', '', d)}"
 rootfs_postprocess_finalize() {
     sudo -s <<'EOSUDO'
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/buildchroot/buildchroot.inc b/meta/recipes-devtools/buildchroot/buildchroot.inc
index b4d7b76..e9c2cfe 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/buildchroot/buildchroot.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/buildchroot/buildchroot.inc
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ ROOTFSDIR = "${BUILDCHROOT_DIR}"
 ROOTFS_PACKAGES = "${BUILDCHROOT_PREINSTALL}"
 ROOTFS_CLEAN_FILES = ""
 ROOTFS_MANIFEST_DEPLOY_DIR = "${DEPLOY_DIR_BUILDCHROOT}"
-ROOTFS_FEATURES += "generate-manifest"
+ROOTFS_DPKGSTATUS_DEPLOY_DIR = "${DEPLOY_DIR_BUILDCHROOT}"
+ROOTFS_FEATURES += "generate-manifest export-dpkg-status"
 
 BUILDCHROOT_PREINSTALL_COMMON = " \
     make \
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/sdkchroot/sdkchroot.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/sdkchroot/sdkchroot.bb
index 467e682..796fefa 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/sdkchroot/sdkchroot.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/sdkchroot/sdkchroot.bb
@@ -22,8 +22,9 @@ ROOTFS_ARCH = "${HOST_ARCH}"
 ROOTFS_DISTRO = "${HOST_DISTRO}"
 ROOTFSDIR = "${S}"
 ROOTFS_PACKAGES = "${SDKCHROOT_PREINSTALL} ${TOOLCHAIN}"
-ROOTFS_FEATURES += "clean-package-cache generate-manifest"
+ROOTFS_FEATURES += "clean-package-cache generate-manifest export-dpkg-status"
 ROOTFS_MANIFEST_DEPLOY_DIR = "${DEPLOY_DIR_SDKCHROOT}"
+ROOTFS_DPKGSTATUS_DEPLOY_DIR = "${DEPLOY_DIR_SDKCHROOT}"
 
 python() {
     if d.getVar("HOST_ARCH") not in ['i386', 'amd64']: