diff --git a/meta-oe/conf/include/ptest-packagelists-meta-oe.inc b/meta-oe/conf/include/ptest-packagelists-meta-oe.inc
index 380c6dd3f6..77bf47d90c 100644
--- a/meta-oe/conf/include/ptest-packagelists-meta-oe.inc
+++ b/meta-oe/conf/include/ptest-packagelists-meta-oe.inc
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ PTESTS_FAST_META_OE = "\
     lmdb \
     microsoft-gsl \
     minicoredumper \
+    minizip-ng \
     neon \
     nlohmann-json \
     nodejs \
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-core/minizip-ng/minizip-ng/run-ptest b/meta-oe/recipes-core/minizip-ng/minizip-ng/run-ptest
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9c2dc81e35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-core/minizip-ng/minizip-ng/run-ptest
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+cd tests && ./gtest_minizip --gtest_print_time=0 | sed -E  '/^\[ RUN/d ; s/\[       OK \]/PASS: / ; s/\[ DISABLED \]/SKIP: / ; s/\[ FAILED \]/FAIL: /'
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-core/minizip-ng/minizip-ng_4.0.8.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-core/minizip-ng/minizip-ng_4.0.8.bb
index 14363d2278..a013d99ba1 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-core/minizip-ng/minizip-ng_4.0.8.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-core/minizip-ng/minizip-ng_4.0.8.bb
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE;md5=36964f044224efeedd694983c34e716f"
 
 SRC_URI = "git://github.com/zlib-ng/minizip-ng.git;protocol=https;branch=master \
            file://0001-crypt.h-Remove-register-keyword.patch \
+           file://run-ptest \
 "
 
 SRCREV = "55db144e03027b43263e5ebcb599bf0878ba58de"
@@ -18,15 +19,16 @@ RCONFLICTS:${PN} += "minizip"
 
 DEPENDS = "xz openssl bzip2"
 
-inherit cmake pkgconfig
+inherit cmake pkgconfig ptest
 
 EXTRA_OECMAKE = "-DMZ_FORCE_FETCH_LIBS=OFF \
                  -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON \
 "
 
-PACKAGECONFIG ??= "zlib"
+PACKAGECONFIG ??= "zlib ${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'ptest', 'test', '', d)}"
 PACKAGECONFIG[zlib] = "-DMZ_ZLIB=ON,-DMZ_ZLIB=OFF, zlib"
 PACKAGECONFIG[zlib-ng] = "-DMZ_ZLIB=ON,-DMZ_ZLIB=OFF, zlib-ng"
+PACKAGECONFIG[test] = "-DMZ_BUILD_TESTS=ON -DMZ_BUILD_UNIT_TESTS=ON, -DMZ_BUILD_TESTS=OFF -DMZ_BUILD_UNIT_TESTS=OFF, googletest"
 
 
 do_install:append () {
@@ -34,3 +36,10 @@ do_install:append () {
     sed -i -e 's|${RECIPE_SYSROOT}||g' ${D}${libdir}/cmake/minizip/minizip.cmake
 }
 
+do_install_ptest() {
+    install -d ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/tests
+    cp ${B}/test/gtest_minizip ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/tests
+    # encrypt and stream test need the LICENSE file
+    cp ${S}/LICENSE ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/tests
+}
+