diff --git a/meta-python/conf/include/ptest-packagelists-meta-python.inc b/meta-python/conf/include/ptest-packagelists-meta-python.inc
index 8f40bb20a8..d83ac85f1b 100644
--- a/meta-python/conf/include/ptest-packagelists-meta-python.inc
+++ b/meta-python/conf/include/ptest-packagelists-meta-python.inc
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ PTESTS_FAST_META_PYTHON = "\
     python3-execnet \
     python3-fastjsonschema \
     python3-fastnumbers \
+    python3-filelock \
     python3-flask \
     python3-flexcache \
     python3-flexparser \
diff --git a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-filelock/run-ptest b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-filelock/run-ptest
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..88654deb70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-filelock/run-ptest
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Some tests require non-root
+useradd tester || echo test user exists already
+
+su tester -c "pytest --automake"
diff --git a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-filelock_3.20.2.bb b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-filelock_3.20.2.bb
index 75eb16635c..2a0af552b6 100644
--- a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-filelock_3.20.2.bb
+++ b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-filelock_3.20.2.bb
@@ -5,11 +5,12 @@ HOMEPAGE = "https://py-filelock.readthedocs.io/"
 LICENSE = "Unlicense"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE;md5=911690f51af322440237a253d695d19f"
 
+SRC_URI += "file://run-ptest"
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "a2241ff4ddde2a7cebddf78e39832509cb045d18ec1a09d7248d6bfc6bfbbe64"
 
 BBCLASSEXTEND = "native nativesdk"
 
-inherit pypi python_hatchling
+inherit pypi python_hatchling ptest-python-pytest
 
 DEPENDS += "\
     python3-hatch-vcs-native \
@@ -20,3 +21,9 @@ RDEPENDS:${PN} += " \
     python3-logging \
     python3-asyncio \
 "
+
+RDEPENDS:${PN}-ptest += " \
+    python3-pytest-asyncio \
+    python3-pytest-mock \
+    python3-virtualenv \
+"