diff --git a/meta/conf/distro/include/ptest-packagelists.inc b/meta/conf/distro/include/ptest-packagelists.inc
index 56088e4e66..0a52a48ef1 100644
--- a/meta/conf/distro/include/ptest-packagelists.inc
+++ b/meta/conf/distro/include/ptest-packagelists.inc
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ PTESTS_FAST = "\
     slang-ptest \
     wayland-ptest \
     zlib-ptest \
+    bc-ptest \
 "
 PTESTS_FAST:append:libc-glibc = " glibc-tests-ptest"
 PTESTS_PROBLEMS:remove:libc-glibc = "glibc-tests-ptest"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/bc/bc/run-ptest b/meta/recipes-extended/bc/bc/run-ptest
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..da2156f8cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/bc/bc/run-ptest
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#! /bin/sh
+
+for TEST in *.b; do
+	if bc -l $TEST </dev/null; then
+		echo “PASS: bc/$TEST”
+        else
+		echo “FAIL: bc/$TEST”
+        fi
+done
diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/bc/bc_1.07.1.bb b/meta/recipes-extended/bc/bc_1.07.1.bb
index 1bec76bb2a..178588f11b 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/bc/bc_1.07.1.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/bc/bc_1.07.1.bb
@@ -15,11 +15,12 @@ DEPENDS = "flex-native"
 SRC_URI = "${GNU_MIRROR}/${BPN}/${BP}.tar.gz \
            file://no-gen-libmath.patch \
            file://libmath.h \
-           file://0001-dc-fix-exit-code-of-q-command.patch"
+           file://0001-dc-fix-exit-code-of-q-command.patch \
+           file://run-ptest"
 SRC_URI[md5sum] = "cda93857418655ea43590736fc3ca9fc"
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "62adfca89b0a1c0164c2cdca59ca210c1d44c3ffc46daf9931cf4942664cb02a"
 
-inherit autotools texinfo update-alternatives
+inherit autotools texinfo update-alternatives ptest
 
 PACKAGECONFIG ??= "readline"
 PACKAGECONFIG[readline] = "--with-readline,--without-readline,readline"
@@ -29,6 +30,10 @@ do_compile:prepend() {
     cp -f ${WORKDIR}/libmath.h ${B}/bc/libmath.h
 }
 
+do_install_ptest() {
+        install ${S}/Test/*.b ${D}${PTEST_PATH}
+}
+
 ALTERNATIVE:${PN} = "bc dc"
 ALTERNATIVE_PRIORITY = "100"