diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/valgrind/valgrind_3.15.0.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/valgrind/valgrind_3.15.0.bb
index 2160fc92d1..85f0ff7562 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/valgrind/valgrind_3.15.0.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/valgrind/valgrind_3.15.0.bb
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ RDEPENDS_${PN} += "perl"
 # redirect functions like strlen.
 RRECOMMENDS_${PN} += "${TCLIBC}-dbg"
 
-RDEPENDS_${PN}-ptest += " sed perl perl-module-file-glob ${PN}-dbg"
+RDEPENDS_${PN}-ptest += " file perl perl-module-file-glob sed ${PN}-dbg"
 RDEPENDS_${PN}-ptest_append_libc-glibc = " glibc-utils"
 
 # One of the tests contains a bogus interpreter path on purpose.