diff --git a/meta/recipes-kernel/perf/perf.bb b/meta/recipes-kernel/perf/perf.bb
index e04047e85a..9c9bf1647f 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-kernel/perf/perf.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-kernel/perf/perf.bb
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ RDEPENDS_${PN} += "elfutils bash"
 RDEPENDS_${PN}-archive =+ "bash"
 RDEPENDS_${PN}-python =+ "bash python3 python3-modules ${@bb.utils.contains('PACKAGECONFIG', 'audit', 'audit-python', '', d)}"
 RDEPENDS_${PN}-perl =+ "bash perl perl-modules"
-RDEPENDS_${PN}-tests =+ "python3"
+RDEPENDS_${PN}-tests =+ "python3 bash"
 
 RSUGGESTS_SCRIPTING = "${@bb.utils.contains('PACKAGECONFIG', 'scripting', '${PN}-perl ${PN}-python', '',d)}"
 RSUGGESTS_${PN} += "${PN}-archive ${PN}-tests ${RSUGGESTS_SCRIPTING}"