diff --git a/meta/conf/distro/include/ptest-packagelists.inc b/meta/conf/distro/include/ptest-packagelists.inc
index 9160103cb0..3df7c9e405 100644
--- a/meta/conf/distro/include/ptest-packagelists.inc
+++ b/meta/conf/distro/include/ptest-packagelists.inc
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ PTESTS_SLOW = "\
     python3-cryptography \
     python3 \
     strace \
+    tar \
     tcl \
     util-linux \
     valgrind \
diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/images/core-image-ptest.bb b/meta/recipes-core/images/core-image-ptest.bb
index b81ab7b7c8..b6f5c2fd60 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/images/core-image-ptest.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/images/core-image-ptest.bb
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ IMAGE_ROOTFS_EXTRA_SPACE:virtclass-mcextend-mdadm = "1524288"
 IMAGE_ROOTFS_EXTRA_SPACE:virtclass-mcextend-strace = "1024288"
 IMAGE_ROOTFS_EXTRA_SPACE:virtclass-mcextend-lttng-tools = "1524288"
 
+# tar-ptest in particular needs more space
+IMAGE_ROOTFS_EXTRA_SPACE:virtclass-mcextend-tar = "1524288"
+
 # ptests need more memory than standard to avoid the OOM killer
 QB_MEM = "-m 1024"
 QB_MEM:virtclass-mcextend-lttng-tools = "-m 4096"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/tar/tar/run-ptest b/meta/recipes-extended/tar/tar/run-ptest
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ad4dd334f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/tar/tar/run-ptest
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Define tar test work dir
+WORKDIR=/usr/lib/tar/ptest/tests/
+
+# Run test
+cd ${WORKDIR}
+./atconfig ./atlocal ./testsuite
+
+./testsuite
diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/tar/tar_1.35.bb b/meta/recipes-extended/tar/tar_1.35.bb
index 4dbd418b60..b3d22c3db9 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/tar/tar_1.35.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/tar/tar_1.35.bb
@@ -42,6 +42,33 @@ do_install:append:class-target() {
     fi
 }
 
+# add for ptest support
+SRC_URI += " \
+    file://run-ptest \
+"
+
+inherit ptest
+
+do_compile_ptest() {
+    oe_runmake -C ${B}/gnu/ check
+    oe_runmake -C ${B}/lib/ check
+    oe_runmake -C ${B}/rmt/ check
+    oe_runmake -C ${B}/src/ check
+    oe_runmake -C ${B}/tests/ genfile checkseekhole ckmtime
+}
+
+do_install_ptest() {
+    install -d ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/tests/
+    sed -i "/abs_/d" ${B}/tests/atconfig
+    install --mode=755 ${B}/tests/atconfig ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/tests/
+    sed -i "s%${B}/../tar-1.34.build-aux:%%g" ${B}/tests/atlocal
+    install --mode=755 ${B}/tests/atlocal ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/tests/
+    install --mode=755 ${B}/tests/genfile ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/tests/
+    install --mode=755 ${B}/tests/checkseekhole ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/tests/
+    install --mode=755 ${B}/tests/ckmtime ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/tests/
+    install --mode=755 ${S}/tests/testsuite ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/tests/
+}
+
 PACKAGES =+ "${PN}-rmt"
 
 FILES:${PN}-rmt = "${sbindir}/rmt*"