diff --git a/bitbake/bin/bitbake-server b/bitbake/bin/bitbake-server
index f53f88b6b0..825e9d56af 100755
--- a/bitbake/bin/bitbake-server
+++ b/bitbake/bin/bitbake-server
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ if sys.getfilesystemencoding() != "utf-8":
     sys.exit("Please use a locale setting which supports UTF-8 (such as LANG=en_US.UTF-8).\nPython can't change the filesystem locale after loading so we need a UTF-8 when Python starts or things won't work.")
 
 # Users shouldn't be running this code directly
-if len(sys.argv) != 10 or not sys.argv[1].startswith("decafbad"):
+if len(sys.argv) != 11 or not sys.argv[1].startswith("decafbad"):
     print("bitbake-server is meant for internal execution by bitbake itself, please don't use it standalone.")
     sys.exit(1)
 
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ logfile = sys.argv[4]
 lockname = sys.argv[5]
 sockname = sys.argv[6]
 timeout = float(sys.argv[7])
-xmlrpcinterface = (sys.argv[8], int(sys.argv[9]))
+profile = bool(int(sys.argv[8]))
+xmlrpcinterface = (sys.argv[9], int(sys.argv[10]))
 if xmlrpcinterface[0] == "None":
     xmlrpcinterface = (None, xmlrpcinterface[1])
 
@@ -49,5 +50,5 @@ logger = logging.getLogger("BitBake")
 handler = bb.event.LogHandler()
 logger.addHandler(handler)
 
-bb.server.process.execServer(lockfd, readypipeinfd, lockname, sockname, timeout, xmlrpcinterface)
+bb.server.process.execServer(lockfd, readypipeinfd, lockname, sockname, timeout, xmlrpcinterface, profile)
 
diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/main.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/main.py
index 93eda3632e..f56c3d46a2 100755
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/main.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/main.py
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ def setup_bitbake(configParams, extrafeatures=None):
                     logger.info("Starting bitbake server...")
                     # Clear the event queue since we already displayed messages
                     bb.event.ui_queue = []
-                    server = bb.server.process.BitBakeServer(lock, sockname, featureset, configParams.server_timeout, configParams.xmlrpcinterface)
+                    server = bb.server.process.BitBakeServer(lock, sockname, featureset, configParams.server_timeout, configParams.xmlrpcinterface, configParams.profile)
 
                 else:
                     logger.info("Reconnecting to bitbake server...")
diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/server/process.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/server/process.py
index 5d02c0b9f5..afd77ac0a5 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/server/process.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/server/process.py
@@ -448,13 +448,14 @@ start_log_datetime_format = '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S.%f'
 
 class BitBakeServer(object):
 
-    def __init__(self, lock, sockname, featureset, server_timeout, xmlrpcinterface):
+    def __init__(self, lock, sockname, featureset, server_timeout, xmlrpcinterface, profile):
 
         self.server_timeout = server_timeout
         self.xmlrpcinterface = xmlrpcinterface
         self.featureset = featureset
         self.sockname = sockname
         self.bitbake_lock = lock
+        self.profile = profile
         self.readypipe, self.readypipein = os.pipe()
 
         # Place the log in the builddirectory alongside the lock file
@@ -518,9 +519,9 @@ class BitBakeServer(object):
         os.set_inheritable(self.bitbake_lock.fileno(), True)
         os.set_inheritable(self.readypipein, True)
         serverscript = os.path.realpath(os.path.dirname(__file__) + "/../../../bin/bitbake-server")
-        os.execl(sys.executable, "bitbake-server", serverscript, "decafbad", str(self.bitbake_lock.fileno()), str(self.readypipein), self.logfile, self.bitbake_lock.name, self.sockname,  str(self.server_timeout or 0), str(self.xmlrpcinterface[0]), str(self.xmlrpcinterface[1]))
+        os.execl(sys.executable, "bitbake-server", serverscript, "decafbad", str(self.bitbake_lock.fileno()), str(self.readypipein), self.logfile, self.bitbake_lock.name, self.sockname,  str(self.server_timeout or 0), str(int(self.profile)), str(self.xmlrpcinterface[0]), str(self.xmlrpcinterface[1]))
 
-def execServer(lockfd, readypipeinfd, lockname, sockname, server_timeout, xmlrpcinterface):
+def execServer(lockfd, readypipeinfd, lockname, sockname, server_timeout, xmlrpcinterface, profile):
 
     import bb.cookerdata
     import bb.cooker
@@ -549,6 +550,7 @@ def execServer(lockfd, readypipeinfd, lockname, sockname, server_timeout, xmlrpc
         try:
             featureset = []
             cooker = bb.cooker.BBCooker(featureset, server.register_idle_function)
+            cooker.configuration.profile = profile
         except bb.BBHandledException:
             return None
         writer.send("r")