diff --git a/bitbake/README b/bitbake/README
index e9f4c858ee..938eec47ce 100644
--- a/bitbake/README
+++ b/bitbake/README
@@ -54,10 +54,17 @@ The assumption is made that this testsuite is run from an initialized OpenEmbedd
 environment (i.e. `source oe-init-build-env` is used). If this is not the case, run the
 testsuite as follows:
 
+# ensure local tools are on PATH and run the selftest script
     export PATH=$(pwd)/bin:$PATH
     bin/bitbake-selftest
 
 The testsuite can alternatively be executed using pytest, e.g. obtained from PyPI (in this
 case, the PATH is configured automatically):
 
+# install pytest into a virtualenv or pipx (recommended)
+python -m pip install --user pytest
+
+# run tests (example)
+python -m pytest lib/bb/tests -q
+
     pytest