diff --git a/package/pkg-generic.mk b/package/pkg-generic.mk
index 06d2c9560e..0d84fc3773 100644
--- a/package/pkg-generic.mk
+++ b/package/pkg-generic.mk
@@ -186,6 +186,7 @@ $(BUILD_DIR)/%/.stamp_downloaded:
 		$(call DOWNLOAD, \
 			$($(PKG)_MAIN_DOWNLOAD), \
 			$(patsubst %,-p '%',$($(PKG)_DOWNLOAD_POST_PROCESS)) \
+			$(patsubst %,-P '%',$($(PKG)_DOWNLOAD_POST_PROCESS_OPTS)) \
 		) \
 	)
 	$(foreach p,$($(PKG)_ADDITIONAL_DOWNLOADS),$(call DOWNLOAD,$(p))$(sep))
diff --git a/support/download/dl-wrapper b/support/download/dl-wrapper
index 239bdfa359..5445aad5a7 100755
--- a/support/download/dl-wrapper
+++ b/support/download/dl-wrapper
@@ -25,10 +25,10 @@ export BR_BACKEND_DL_GETOPTS=":hc:d:o:n:N:H:lru:qf:e"
 main() {
     local OPT OPTARG
     local backend output large_file recurse quiet rc
-    local -a uris hfiles backend_opts
+    local -a uris hfiles backend_opts post_process_opts
 
     # Parse our options; anything after '--' is for the backend
-    while getopts ":c:d:D:o:n:N:H:lrf:u:qp:" OPT; do
+    while getopts ":c:d:D:o:n:N:H:lrf:u:qp:P:" OPT; do
         case "${OPT}" in
         c)  cset="${OPTARG}";;
         d)  dl_dir="${OPTARG}";;
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ main() {
         f)  filename="${OPTARG}";;
         u)  uris+=( "${OPTARG}" );;
         p)  post_process="${OPTARG}";;
+        P)  post_process_opts+=( "${OPTARG}" );;
         q)  quiet="-q";;
         :)  error "option '%s' expects a mandatory argument\n" "${OPTARG}";;
         \?) error "unknown option '%s'\n" "${OPTARG}";;
@@ -152,7 +153,8 @@ main() {
         if [ -n "${post_process}" ] ; then
             if ! "${OLDPWD}/support/download/${post_process}-post-process" \
                     -o "${tmpf}" \
-                    -n "${raw_base_name}"
+                    -n "${raw_base_name}" \
+                    "${post_process_opts[@]}"
             then
                 # cd back to keep path coherence
                 cd "${OLDPWD}"