diff --git a/meta-networking/recipes-filter/nftables/nftables_1.0.9.bb b/meta-networking/recipes-filter/nftables/nftables_1.0.9.bb
index 17f00ffd42..569ab6f6af 100644
--- a/meta-networking/recipes-filter/nftables/nftables_1.0.9.bb
+++ b/meta-networking/recipes-filter/nftables/nftables_1.0.9.bb
@@ -64,7 +64,10 @@ do_install() {
     fi
 }
 
-RDEPENDS:${PN}-ptest += " ${PN}-python bash coreutils make iproute2 iputils-ping procps python3-core python3-ctypes python3-json python3-misc sed util-linux"
+RDEPENDS:${PN}-ptest += " \
+    bash coreutils make iproute2 iputils-ping procps python3-core python3-ctypes python3-json python3-misc sed util-linux \
+    ${@bb.utils.contains('PACKAGECONFIG', 'python', '${PN}-python', '', d)} \
+"
 
 RRECOMMENDS:${PN}-ptest += "\
 kernel-module-nft-chain-nat     kernel-module-nft-queue \