diff --git a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python-xxhash.inc b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python-xxhash.inc
index 80f5e9c7f2..c02c29eb78 100644
--- a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python-xxhash.inc
+++ b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python-xxhash.inc
@@ -5,3 +5,18 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE;md5=5a8d76283514a1b7e6a414aba38629b5"
 
 SRC_URI[md5sum] = "ce9cbbcc89620fd47a2468badd08dcf0"
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "8b6b1afe7731d7d9cbb0398b4a811ebb5e6be5c174f72c68abf81f919a435de9"
+
+SRC_URI += " \
+	file://run-ptest \
+"
+
+inherit ptest
+
+RDEPENDS_${PN}-ptest += " \
+	${PYTHON_PN}-pytest \
+"
+
+do_install_ptest() {
+	install -d ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/tests
+	cp -rf ${S}/tests/* ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/tests/
+}
diff --git a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-xxhash/run-ptest b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-xxhash/run-ptest
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6a26348b18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-xxhash/run-ptest
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+pytest tests/test.py