diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/ui/buildinfohelper.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/ui/buildinfohelper.py
index ed43f4c10d..448f263f5a 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/ui/buildinfohelper.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/ui/buildinfohelper.py
@@ -849,7 +849,7 @@ class BuildInfoHelper(object):
     # pylint: disable=bad-continuation
     # we do not follow the python conventions for continuation indentation due to long lines here
 
-    def __init__(self, server, has_build_history = False):
+    def __init__(self, server, has_build_history = False, brbe = None):
         self.internal_state = {}
         self.internal_state['taskdata'] = {}
         self.internal_state['targets'] = []
@@ -865,7 +865,7 @@ class BuildInfoHelper(object):
 
         # this is set for Toaster-triggered builds by localhostbecontroller
         # via toasterui
-        self.brbe = None
+        self.brbe = brbe
 
         self.project = None
 
diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/ui/toasterui.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/ui/toasterui.py
index 538a40964c..06a5f17f4e 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/ui/toasterui.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/ui/toasterui.py
@@ -195,7 +195,8 @@ def main(server, eventHandler, params):
     taskfailures = []
     first = True
 
-    buildinfohelper = BuildInfoHelper(server, build_history_enabled)
+    buildinfohelper = BuildInfoHelper(server, build_history_enabled,
+                                      os.getenv('TOASTER_BRBE'))
 
     # write our own log files into bitbake's log directory;
     # we're only interested in the path to the parent directory of