diff --git a/include/package-dumpinfo.mk b/include/package-dumpinfo.mk
index afc325c1ed6..6baf10225de 100644
--- a/include/package-dumpinfo.mk
+++ b/include/package-dumpinfo.mk
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ $(if $(USERID),Require-User: $(USERID)
 $(if $(LICENSE),License: $(LICENSE)
 )$(if $(LICENSE_FILES),LicenseFiles: $(LICENSE_FILES)
 )$(if $(PKG_CPE_ID),CPE-ID: $(PKG_CPE_ID)
+)$(if $(ABI_VERSION),ABI-Version: $(ABI_VERSION)
 )Type: $(if $(Package/$(1)/targets),$(Package/$(1)/targets),$(if $(PKG_TARGETS),$(PKG_TARGETS),ipkg))
 $(if $(KCONFIG),Kernel-Config: $(KCONFIG)
 )$(if $(BUILDONLY),Build-Only: $(BUILDONLY)
diff --git a/scripts/metadata.pm b/scripts/metadata.pm
index e716f75d102..a00d19f185a 100644
--- a/scripts/metadata.pm
+++ b/scripts/metadata.pm
@@ -257,6 +257,7 @@ sub parse_package_metadata($) {
 		/^License: \s*(.+)\s*$/ and $pkg->{license} = $1;
 		/^LicenseFiles: \s*(.+)\s*$/ and $pkg->{licensefiles} = $1;
 		/^CPE-ID: \s*(.+)\s*$/ and $pkg->{cpe_id} = $1;
+		/^ABI-Version: \s*(.+)\s*$/ and $pkg->{abi_version} = $1;
 		/^Default: \s*(.+)\s*$/ and $pkg->{default} = $1;
 		/^Provides: \s*(.+)\s*$/ and do {
 			my @vpkg = split /\s+/, $1;