diff --git a/meta/conf/distro/include/ptest-packagelists.inc b/meta/conf/distro/include/ptest-packagelists.inc
index 5975db25ccc..da6fa6ee972 100644
--- a/meta/conf/distro/include/ptest-packagelists.inc
+++ b/meta/conf/distro/include/ptest-packagelists.inc
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ PTESTS_FAST = "\
     python3-pyasn1 \
     python3-pytz \
     python3-pyyaml \
+    python3-rpds-py \
     python3-trove-classifiers \
     python3-wcwidth \
     python3-webcolors \
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-rpds-py/run-ptest b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-rpds-py/run-ptest
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8d2017d39ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-rpds-py/run-ptest
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+pytest --automake
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-rpds-py_0.18.1.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-rpds-py_0.18.1.bb
index c6e88d88d76..f46df1115c8 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-rpds-py_0.18.1.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-rpds-py_0.18.1.bb
@@ -4,12 +4,27 @@ HOMEPAGE = "https://pypi.org/project/rpds-py/"
 LICENSE = "MIT"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE;md5=7767fa537c4596c54141f32882c4a984"
 
+SRC_URI += "file://run-ptest"
+
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "dc48b479d540770c811fbd1eb9ba2bb66951863e448efec2e2c102625328e92f"
 
 require ${BPN}-crates.inc
 
-inherit pypi cargo-update-recipe-crates python_maturin
+inherit pypi cargo-update-recipe-crates python_maturin ptest
 
 PYPI_PACKAGE = "rpds_py"
 
+RDEPENDS:${PN}-ptest += " \
+    python3-iniconfig \
+    python3-packaging \
+    python3-pluggy \
+    python3-pytest \
+    python3-unittest-automake-output \
+    "
+
+do_install_ptest() {
+    install -d ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/tests
+    cp -rf ${S}/tests/* ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/tests/
+}
+
 BBCLASSEXTEND = "native nativesdk"