diff --git a/test/core/ExamplesUnitTests/CMakeLists.txt b/test/core/ExamplesUnitTests/CMakeLists.txt
index da8122611..e002fa821 100644
--- a/test/core/ExamplesUnitTests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/core/ExamplesUnitTests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3015,4 +3015,35 @@ TRIBITS_ADD_ADVANCED_TEST( TribitsExampleProject_PkgWithUserErrors_PASS
   )
 
 
+TRIBITS_ADD_ADVANCED_TEST( TribitsExampleProject_PkgWithUserErrors_PACKAGE_POST_PROCESS
+  OVERALL_WORKING_DIRECTORY TEST_NAME
+  OVERALL_NUM_MPI_PROCS 1
+
+  TEST_0
+    MESSAGE "Copy TribitsExampleProject so that we can copy in PkgWithUserErrors."
+    CMND cp
+    ARGS -r ${${PROJECT_NAME}_TRIBITS_DIR}/examples/TribitsExampleProject .
 
+  TEST_1
+    MESSAGE "Copy PkgWithUserErrors to base dir."
+    CMND cp
+    ARGS -r ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/PkgWithUserErrors
+      TribitsExampleProject/.
+
+  TEST_2
+    MESSAGE "Configure PkgWithUserErrors"
+    CMND ${CMAKE_COMMAND}
+    ARGS
+      ${TribitsExampleProject_COMMON_CONFIG_ARGS}
+      -DTribitsExProj_TRIBITS_DIR=${${PROJECT_NAME}_TRIBITS_DIR}
+      -DTribitsExProj_ENABLE_Fortran=OFF
+      -DTribitsExProj_EXTRA_REPOSITORIES=PkgWithUserErrors
+      -DTribitsExProj_ENABLE_PkgWithUserErrors=ON
+      -DTribitsExProj_ENABLE_TESTS=ON
+      -DPkgWithUserErrors_SKIP_PACKAGE_POST_PROCESS=TRUE
+      TribitsExampleProject
+    PASS_REGULAR_EXPRESSION_ALL
+      "Processing enabled package: PkgWithUserErrors [(]Libs, Tests, Examples[)]"
+      "ERROR: Forgot to call TRIBITS_PACKAGE_POSTPROCESS[(][)] .*/TribitsExampleProject/PkgWithUserErrors/CMakeLists.txt" 
+    ALWAYS_FAIL_ON_ZERO_RETURN
+  )
diff --git a/test/core/ExamplesUnitTests/PkgWithUserErrors/CMakeLists.txt b/test/core/ExamplesUnitTests/PkgWithUserErrors/CMakeLists.txt
index c38e126f8..b4ae500f9 100644
--- a/test/core/ExamplesUnitTests/PkgWithUserErrors/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/core/ExamplesUnitTests/PkgWithUserErrors/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -10,4 +10,6 @@ TRIBITS_ADD_LIBRARY(
 
 TRIBITS_ADD_TEST_DIRECTORIES(test)
 
-TRIBITS_PACKAGE_POSTPROCESS()
+IF (NOT ${PACKAGE_NAME}_SKIP_PACKAGE_POST_PROCESS)
+  TRIBITS_PACKAGE_POSTPROCESS()
+ENDIF()
diff --git a/tribits/core/package_arch/TribitsGlobalMacros.cmake b/tribits/core/package_arch/TribitsGlobalMacros.cmake
index 65eed4d2a..768323d15 100644
--- a/tribits/core/package_arch/TribitsGlobalMacros.cmake
+++ b/tribits/core/package_arch/TribitsGlobalMacros.cmake
@@ -2284,12 +2284,19 @@ MACRO(TRIBITS_CONFIGURE_ENABLED_PACKAGES)
           PRINT_VAR(${TRIBITS_PACKAGE}_BINARY_DIR)
         ENDIF()
 
-        TRIBITS_TRACE_FILE_PROCESSING(PACKAGE  ADD_SUBDIR
+        SET(TRIBITS_PACKAGE_CMAKELIST_FILE
           "${${TRIBITS_PACKAGE}_SOURCE_DIR}/CMakeLists.txt")
+        TRIBITS_TRACE_FILE_PROCESSING(PACKAGE  ADD_SUBDIR
+          "${TRIBITS_PACKAGE_CMAKELIST_FILE}")
         IF (NOT ${TRIBITS_PACKAGE}_SOURCE_DIR STREQUAL ${PROJECT_NAME}_SOURCE_DIR)
           ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(${${TRIBITS_PACKAGE}_SOURCE_DIR} ${${TRIBITS_PACKAGE}_BINARY_DIR})
 	ELSE()
-          INCLUDE("${${TRIBITS_PACKAGE}_SOURCE_DIR}/CMakeLists.txt")
+          INCLUDE("${TRIBITS_PACKAGE_CMAKELIST_FILE}")
+        ENDIF()
+        IF (NOT ${PACKAGE_NAME}_TRIBITS_PACAKGE_POSTPROCESS)
+          MESSAGE(FATAL_ERROR
+            "ERROR: Forgot to call TRIBITS_PACKAGE_POSTPROCESS() in ${TRIBITS_PACKAGE_CMAKELIST_FILE}"
+            )
         ENDIF()
 
         LIST(APPEND ENABLED_PACKAGE_LIBS_TARGETS ${TRIBITS_PACKAGE}_libs)
diff --git a/tribits/core/package_arch/TribitsPackageMacros.cmake b/tribits/core/package_arch/TribitsPackageMacros.cmake
index 6da27399e..1b4c81f1f 100644
--- a/tribits/core/package_arch/TribitsPackageMacros.cmake
+++ b/tribits/core/package_arch/TribitsPackageMacros.cmake
@@ -616,7 +616,11 @@ MACRO(TRIBITS_PACKAGE_POSTPROCESS)
   TRIBITS_PACKAGE_FINALIZE_DEPENDENCY_VARS()
   TRIBITS_PACKAGE_POSTPROCESS_COMMON()
 
-  # NOTE: This package is only able
+  IF (${PACKAGE_NAME}_SOURCE_DIR STREQUAL ${PROJECT_NAME}_SOURCE_DIR)
+    SET(${PACKAGE_NAME}_TRIBITS_PACAKGE_POSTPROCESS TRUE)
+  ELSE()
+    SET(${PACKAGE_NAME}_TRIBITS_PACAKGE_POSTPROCESS TRUE PARENT_SCOPE)
+  ENDIF()
 
 ENDMACRO()