diff --git a/meta/classes-recipe/ptest-python-pytest.bbclass b/meta/classes-recipe/ptest-python-pytest.bbclass
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+#
+# Copyright OpenEmbedded Contributors
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+#
+
+inherit ptest
+
+FILESEXTRAPATHS:prepend := "${COREBASE}/meta/files:"
+
+SRC_URI:append = "\
+    file://ptest-python-pytest/run-ptest \
+"
+
+# Overridable configuration for the directory within the source tree
+# containing the pytest files
+PTEST_PYTEST_DIR ?= "tests"
+
+do_install_ptest() {
+	if [ ! -f ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/run-ptest ]; then
+		install -m 0755 ${UNPACKDIR}/ptest-python-pytest/run-ptest ${D}${PTEST_PATH}
+	fi
+	if [ -d "${S}/${PTEST_PYTEST_DIR}" ]; then
+		install -d ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/${PTEST_PYTEST_DIR}
+		cp -rf ${S}/${PTEST_PYTEST_DIR}/* ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/${PTEST_PYTEST_DIR}/
+	fi
+}
+
+FILES:${PN}-ptest:prepend = "${PTEST_PATH}/*"
+
+RDEPENDS:${PN}-ptest:prepend = "python3-pytest python3-unittest-automake-output "
diff --git a/meta/files/ptest-python-pytest/run-ptest b/meta/files/ptest-python-pytest/run-ptest
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+pytest --automake