diff --git a/meta-python/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-meta-python.bb b/meta-python/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-meta-python.bb
index f84941daf0..a59249d605 100644
--- a/meta-python/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-meta-python.bb
+++ b/meta-python/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-meta-python.bb
@@ -279,6 +279,7 @@ RDEPENDS:packagegroup-meta-python3 = "\
     python3-pid \
     python3-pika \
     python3-pillow \
+    python3-ping3 \
     python3-pint \
     python3-pkcs11 \
     python3-pkgconfig \
diff --git a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-ping3_5.1.5.bb b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-ping3_5.1.5.bb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..84ac72c27c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-ping3_5.1.5.bb
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+SUMMARY = "ICMP ping in pure Python"
+HOMEPAGE = "https://github.com/kyan001/ping3"
+LICENSE = "MIT"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE;md5=3ae28ad230db5766d33276b580887102"
+
+DEPENDS += "python3-wheel-native"
+
+SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "6c99bc844e0b7dbc5c9765e8b530140daf1ccd2112c99db01ab79831bd8081cd"
+
+inherit pypi python_setuptools_build_meta
+
+RDEPENDS:${PN} += "\
+    python3-io \
+    python3-logging \
+"