diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/libusb/libusb-compat/0002-automake-make-example-programs-installable.patch b/meta-oe/recipes-support/libusb/libusb-compat/0002-automake-make-example-programs-installable.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..faf532cad2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/libusb/libusb-compat/0002-automake-make-example-programs-installable.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+From 9dcdfa716e3c3831d9b70472b39dab2fd370f503 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Yoann Congal <yoann.congal@smile.fr>
+Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2023 16:04:35 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] automake: make example programs installable
+
+The example programs are used as tests for ptest, so we need a way to
+install them on the rootfs.
+
+Upstream-Status: Inappropriate [oe-core specific]
+---
+ examples/Makefile.am | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/examples/Makefile.am b/examples/Makefile.am
+index 9bd3efc..f4324c2 100644
+--- a/examples/Makefile.am
++++ b/examples/Makefile.am
+@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
+ AM_CPPFLAGS = -I$(top_srcdir)/libusb
+-noinst_PROGRAMS = lsusb testlibusb
++bin_PROGRAMS = lsusb testlibusb
+ 
+ lsusb_SOURCES = lsusb.c
+ lsusb_LDADD = ../libusb/libusb.la
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/libusb/libusb-compat/run-ptest b/meta-oe/recipes-support/libusb/libusb-compat/run-ptest
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..901662d696
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/libusb/libusb-compat/run-ptest
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+rc=0
+for TEST in lsusb testlibusb; do
+	if ! ./$TEST ; then
+		echo "FAIL: $TEST"
+		rc=$((rc + 1))
+	else
+		echo "PASS: $TEST"
+	fi
+done
+
+# return number of failed tests
+exit $rc
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/libusb/libusb-compat_0.1.8.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/libusb/libusb-compat_0.1.8.bb
index 884b1bbb24..bfafdae7a4 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/libusb/libusb-compat_0.1.8.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/libusb/libusb-compat_0.1.8.bb
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ PE = "1"
 SRC_URI = " \
     git://github.com/libusb/libusb-compat-0.1.git;protocol=https;branch=master \
     file://0001-usb.h-Include-sys-types.h.patch \
+    file://0002-automake-make-example-programs-installable.patch \
+    file://run-ptest \
 "
 SRCREV = "c497eff1ae8c4cfd4fdff370f04c78fa0584f4f3"
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
@@ -29,5 +31,14 @@ UPSTREAM_CHECK_URI = "https://github.com/libusb/libusb-compat-0.1/releases"
 
 BINCONFIG = "${bindir}/libusb-config"
 
-inherit autotools pkgconfig binconfig-disabled lib_package
+inherit autotools pkgconfig binconfig-disabled lib_package ptest
 
+# examples are used as ptest so enable them at configuration if needed
+EXTRA_OECONF += "${@bb.utils.contains('PTEST_ENABLED', '1', '--enable-examples-build', '', d)}"
+
+# Move test binaries out of bindir to avoid clashing with a "real" lsusb.
+do_install_ptest() {
+    for bin in lsusb testlibusb; do
+       mv ${D}${bindir}/$bin ${D}${PTEST_PATH}
+    done
+}