diff --git a/meta-yocto-bsp/conf/machine/genericarm64.conf b/meta-yocto-bsp/conf/machine/genericarm64.conf
index a77ffb0431..a81e4e2689 100644
--- a/meta-yocto-bsp/conf/machine/genericarm64.conf
+++ b/meta-yocto-bsp/conf/machine/genericarm64.conf
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ SERIAL_CONSOLES ?= "115200;ttyPS0 115200;ttyPS1 115200;ttyAMA0 115200;hvc0 11520
 # of this machine is that real hardware comes with the firmware pre-loaded.
 UBOOT_MACHINE = "qemu_arm64_defconfig"
 
+# Run oeqa runtime tests outside of the build environment
+IMAGE_CLASSES += "testimage testexport"
+
 # runqemu configuration to run a genericarm64 image inside a qemu-system-aarch64. You will need
 # to build u-boot explicitly.
 IMAGE_CLASSES += "qemuboot"