diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/libgpiod/libgpiod_1.6.3.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/libgpiod/libgpiod_1.6.3.bb
index 9e4bef7b4c..c0ebb8aa5a 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/libgpiod/libgpiod_1.6.3.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/libgpiod/libgpiod_1.6.3.bb
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "841be9d788f00bab08ef22c4be5c39866f0e46cb100a3ae49ed816ac9c
 
 inherit autotools pkgconfig python3native ptest
 
-PACKAGECONFIG[tests] = "--enable-tests,--disable-tests,kmod udev glib-2.0 catch2"
+PACKAGECONFIG[tests] = "--enable-tests,--disable-tests,kmod udev glib-2.0 catch2,bats python3-packaging"
 PACKAGECONFIG[cxx] = "--enable-bindings-cxx,--disable-bindings-cxx"
 PACKAGECONFIG[python3] = "--enable-bindings-python,--disable-bindings-python,python3"