diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/pv/pv_1.6.20.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/pv/pv_1.6.20.bb
index 867a621d1a..2ecf62e3d0 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/pv/pv_1.6.20.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/pv/pv_1.6.20.bb
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ inherit autotools ptest
 LDEMULATION:mipsarchn32 = "${@bb.utils.contains('TUNE_FEATURES', 'bigendian', 'elf32btsmipn32', 'elf32ltsmipn32', d)}"
 export LDEMULATION
 
-RDEPENDS:${PN}-ptest = "coreutils"
+RDEPENDS:${PN}-ptest += "coreutils"
 
 do_install_ptest() {
     install -d ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/tests