diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 941bf789c8..919d5898d0 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -757,6 +757,8 @@ legal-info: dirs legal-info-clean legal-info-prepare $(foreach p,$(PACKAGES),$(p
 show-targets:
 	@echo $(PACKAGES) $(TARGETS_ROOTFS)
 
+show-build-order: $(patsubst %,%-show-build-order,$(PACKAGES))
+
 graph-build: $(O)/build/build-time.log
 	@install -d $(GRAPHS_DIR)
 	$(foreach o,name build duration,./support/scripts/graph-build-time \
diff --git a/package/pkg-generic.mk b/package/pkg-generic.mk
index 31dbc54557..3b26e6b483 100644
--- a/package/pkg-generic.mk
+++ b/package/pkg-generic.mk
@@ -737,6 +737,9 @@ $(1)-show-depends:
 $(1)-show-rdepends:
 			@echo $$($(2)_RDEPENDENCIES)
 
+$(1)-show-build-order: $$(patsubst %,%-show-build-order,$$($(2)_FINAL_ALL_DEPENDENCIES))
+	$$(info $(1))
+
 $(1)-graph-depends: graph-depends-requirements
 	$(call pkg-graph-depends,$(1),--direct)