diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/cache.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/cache.py
index 421bd79183..c56b4b4248 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/cache.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/cache.py
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ except ImportError:
     logger.info("Importing cPickle failed. "
                 "Falling back to a very slow implementation.")
 
-__cache_version__ = "137"
+__cache_version__ = "138"
 
 recipe_fields = (
     'pn',
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ recipe_fields = (
     'summary',
     'license',
     'section',
+    'fakerootenv',
+    'fakerootdirs'
 )
 
 
@@ -172,6 +174,8 @@ class RecipeInfo(namedtuple('RecipeInfo', recipe_fields)):
             summary          = cls.getvar('SUMMARY', metadata),
             license          = cls.getvar('LICENSE', metadata),
             section          = cls.getvar('SECTION', metadata),
+            fakerootenv      = cls.getvar('FAKEROOTENV', metadata),
+            fakerootdirs     = cls.getvar('FAKEROOTDIRS', metadata),
         )
 
 
@@ -584,6 +588,8 @@ class CacheData(object):
         self.summary = {}
         self.license = {}
         self.section = {}
+        self.fakerootenv = {}
+        self.fakerootdirs = {}
 
         # Indirect Cache variables (set elsewhere)
         self.ignored_dependencies = []
@@ -647,3 +653,5 @@ class CacheData(object):
         self.summary[fn] = info.summary
         self.license[fn] = info.license
         self.section[fn] = info.section
+        self.fakerootenv[fn] = info.fakerootenv
+        self.fakerootdirs[fn] = info.fakerootdirs
diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/runqueue.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/runqueue.py
index 172e591522..d7d67fd508 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/runqueue.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/runqueue.py
@@ -1060,27 +1060,23 @@ class RunQueueExecute:
         return
 
     def fork_off_task(self, fn, task, taskname, quieterrors=False):
-        the_data = bb.cache.Cache.loadDataFull(fn, self.cooker.get_file_appends(fn), self.cooker.configuration.data)
 
-        env = bb.data.export_vars(the_data)
-        env = bb.data.export_envvars(env, the_data)
+        envbackup = os.environ.copy()
+        env = {}
 
         taskdep = self.rqdata.dataCache.task_deps[fn]
         if 'fakeroot' in taskdep and taskname in taskdep['fakeroot']:
-            envvars = the_data.getVar("FAKEROOTENV", True).split()
+            envvars = (self.rqdata.dataCache.fakerootenv[fn] or "").split()
             for var in envvars:
                 comps = var.split("=")
                 env[comps[0]] = comps[1]
-            fakedirs = (the_data.getVar("FAKEROOTDIRS", True) or "").split()
+
+            fakedirs = (self.rqdata.dataCache.fakerootdirs[fn] or "").split()
             for p in fakedirs:
                 bb.mkdirhier(p)
             logger.debug(2, "Running %s:%s under fakeroot, state dir is %s" % (fn, taskname, fakedirs))
-
-        envbackup = os.environ.copy()
-        for e in envbackup:
-            os.unsetenv(e)
-        for e in env:
-            os.putenv(e, env[e])
+            for e in env:
+                os.putenv(e, env[e])
 
         sys.stdout.flush()
         sys.stderr.flush()
@@ -1111,6 +1107,20 @@ class RunQueueExecute:
             # No stdin
             newsi = os.open(os.devnull, os.O_RDWR)
             os.dup2(newsi, sys.stdin.fileno())
+
+
+            the_data = bb.cache.Cache.loadDataFull(fn, self.cooker.get_file_appends(fn), self.cooker.configuration.data)
+
+            env2 = bb.data.export_vars(the_data)
+            env2 = bb.data.export_envvars(env2, the_data)
+
+            for e in os.environ:
+                os.unsetenv(e)
+            for e in env2:
+                os.putenv(e, env2[e])
+            for e in env:
+                os.putenv(e, env[e])
+
             if quieterrors:
                 the_data.setVarFlag(taskname, "quieterrors", "1")
 
@@ -1137,7 +1147,8 @@ class RunQueueExecute:
         for e in env:
             os.unsetenv(e)
         for e in envbackup:
-            os.putenv(e, envbackup[e])
+            if e in env:
+                os.putenv(e, envbackup[e])
 
         return pid, pipein, pipeout