diff --git a/meta/classes/ptest.bbclass b/meta/classes/ptest.bbclass
index 47611edea2..466916299a 100644
--- a/meta/classes/ptest.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/ptest.bbclass
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ RRECOMMENDS_${PN}-ptest += "ptest-runner"
 
 PACKAGES =+ "${@bb.utils.contains('PTEST_ENABLED', '1', '${PN}-ptest', '', d)}"
 
+require conf/distro/include/ptest-packagelists.inc
+
 do_configure_ptest() {
     :
 }
@@ -116,4 +118,13 @@ python () {
     if not(d.getVar('PTEST_ENABLED') == "1"):
         for i in ['do_configure_ptest_base', 'do_compile_ptest_base', 'do_install_ptest_base']:
             bb.build.deltask(i, d)
+
+    # This checks that ptest package is actually included
+    # in standard oe-core ptest images - only for oe-core recipes
+    if not 'meta/recipes' in d.getVar('FILE') or not(d.getVar('PTEST_ENABLED') == "1"):
+        return
+
+    enabled_ptests = " ".join([d.getVar('PTESTS_FAST'),d.getVar('PTESTS_SLOW'), d.getVar('PTESTS_PROBLEMS')]).split()
+    if (d.getVar('PN') + "-ptest").replace(d.getVar('MLPREFIX'), '') not in enabled_ptests:
+         bb.error("Recipe %s supports ptests but is not included in oe-core's conf/distro/include/ptest-packagelists.inc" % d.getVar("PN"))
 }
diff --git a/meta/conf/distro/include/ptest-packagelists.inc b/meta/conf/distro/include/ptest-packagelists.inc
index 70d5fa8877..aef70343f6 100644
--- a/meta/conf/distro/include/ptest-packagelists.inc
+++ b/meta/conf/distro/include/ptest-packagelists.inc
@@ -20,12 +20,15 @@ PTESTS_FAST = "\
     gdbm-ptest \
     gdk-pixbuf-ptest \
     gettext-ptest \
+    glib-networking-ptest \
     gzip-ptest \
     json-glib-ptest \
     libconvert-asn1-perl-ptest \
     liberror-perl-ptest \
+    libnl-ptest \
     libmodule-build-perl-ptest \
     libpcre-ptest \
+    libssh2-ptest \
     libtimedate-perl-ptest \
     libtest-needs-perl-ptest \
     liburi-perl-ptest \
@@ -44,6 +47,12 @@ PTESTS_FAST = "\
     opkg-ptest \
     pango-ptest \
     parted-ptest \
+    python3-atomicwrites-ptest \
+    python3-jinja2-ptest \
+    python3-markupsafe-ptest \
+    python3-more-itertools-ptest \
+    python3-pluggy-ptest \
+    python3-wcwidth-ptest \
     qemu-ptest \
     quilt-ptest \
     sed-ptest \
@@ -52,17 +61,7 @@ PTESTS_FAST = "\
     zlib-ptest \
 "
 PTESTS_FAST_remove_mips64 = "qemu-ptest"
-
-#PTESTS_PROBLEMS = "\
-#    ruby-ptest \ # Timeout
-#    clutter-1.0-ptest \ # Doesn't build due to depends on cogl-1.0
-#    lz4-ptest \ # Needs a rewrite
-#    rt-tests-ptest \ # Needs to be checked whether it runs at all
-#    bash-ptest \ # Test outcomes are non-deterministic by design
-#    ifupdown-ptest \ # Tested separately in lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/imagefeatures.py
-#    mdadm-ptest \ # Tests rely on non-deterministic sleep() amounts
-#    libinput-ptest \ # Tests need an unloaded system to be reliable
-#"
+PTESTS_PROBLEMS_append_mips64 = "qemu-ptest"
 
 PTESTS_SLOW = "\
     babeltrace-ptest \
@@ -86,3 +85,32 @@ PTESTS_SLOW = "\
 "
 
 PTESTS_SLOW_remove_riscv64 = "valgrind-ptest"
+PTESTS_PROBLEMS_append_riscv64 = "valgrind-ptest"
+
+#    ruby-ptest \ # Timeout
+#    clutter-1.0-ptest \ # Doesn't build due to depends on cogl-1.0
+#    lz4-ptest \ # Needs a rewrite
+#    rt-tests-ptest \ # Needs to be checked whether it runs at all
+#    bash-ptest \ # Test outcomes are non-deterministic by design
+#    ifupdown-ptest \ # Tested separately in lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/imagefeatures.py
+#    mdadm-ptest \ # Tests rely on non-deterministic sleep() amounts
+#    libinput-ptest \ # Tests need an unloaded system to be reliable
+#    libpam-ptest \ # Needs pam DISTRO_FEATURE
+#    numactl-ptest \ # qemu not (yet) configured for numa; all tests are skipped
+#    libseccomp-ptest \ #  tests failed: 38; add to slow tests once addressed
+#    python3-numpy-ptest \ # requires even more RAM and (possibly) disk space; multiple failures
+
+PTESTS_PROBLEMS = "\
+    ruby-ptest \
+    clutter-1.0-ptest \
+    lz4-ptest \
+    rt-tests-ptest \
+    bash-ptest \
+    ifupdown-ptest \
+    mdadm-ptest \
+    libinput-ptest \
+    libpam-ptest \
+    libseccomp-ptest \
+    numactl-ptest \
+    python3-numpy-ptest \
+"