diff --git a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
index 67577c8fe7..7be5cbc992 100644
--- a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
+++ b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
@@ -977,3 +977,4 @@ oe.utils.get_multilib_datastore[vardepsexclude] = "DEFAULTTUNE_MULTILIB_ORIGINAL
 oe.path.format_display[vardepsexclude] = "TOPDIR"
 oe.utils.get_bb_number_threads[vardepsexclude] = "BB_NUMBER_THREADS"
 oe.packagedata.emit_pkgdata[vardepsexclude] = "BB_NUMBER_THREADS"
+oe.packagedata.read_subpkgdata_extended[vardepsexclude] = "BB_NUMBER_THREADS"
diff --git a/meta/lib/oe/__init__.py b/meta/lib/oe/__init__.py
index 47be7b51d7..da7cbab308 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oe/__init__.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oe/__init__.py
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@
 from pkgutil import extend_path
 __path__ = extend_path(__path__, __name__)
 
-BBIMPORTS = ["data", "path", "utils", "types", "package", \
+BBIMPORTS = ["data", "path", "utils", "types", "package", "packagedata", \
              "packagegroup", "sstatesig", "lsb", "cachedpath", "license", \
              "qa", "reproducible", "rust", "buildcfg"]