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diff --git a/bin/bitbake b/bin/bitbake
index e05ff5bd3..1f9bbc403 100755
--- a/bin/bitbake
+++ b/bin/bitbake
@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ from bb import server
__version__ = "1.19.0"
logger = logging.getLogger("BitBake")
+# Python multiprocessing requires /dev/shm
+if not os.access('/dev/shm', os.W_OK | os.X_OK):
+ sys.exit("FATAL: /dev/shm does not exist or is not writable")
+
# Unbuffer stdout to avoid log truncation in the event
# of an unorderly exit as well as to provide timely
# updates to log files for use with tail