diff --git a/meta/conf/distro/include/ptest-packagelists.inc b/meta/conf/distro/include/ptest-packagelists.inc
index e3ab7e862925..a655439f5ebe 100644
--- a/meta/conf/distro/include/ptest-packagelists.inc
+++ b/meta/conf/distro/include/ptest-packagelists.inc
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ PTESTS_FAST = "\
     cpio \
     diffstat \
     diffutils \
+    ell \
     ethtool \
     expat \
     expect \
diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/ell/ell_0.67.bb b/meta/recipes-core/ell/ell_0.67.bb
index 6b0ebbe62113..ee9aa73d2908 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/ell/ell_0.67.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/ell/ell_0.67.bb
@@ -10,9 +10,27 @@ SECTION = "libs"
 LICENSE  = "LGPL-2.1-only"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=fb504b67c50331fc78734fed90fb0e09"
 
-DEPENDS = "dbus"
+DEPENDS = "dbus openssl-native xxd-native"
 
-inherit autotools pkgconfig
+inherit autotools pkgconfig ptest
 
-SRC_URI = "https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/${BPN}/${BPN}-${PV}.tar.xz"
+SRC_URI = " \
+    https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/${BPN}/${BPN}-${PV}.tar.xz \
+    file://run-ptest \
+"
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "97942e8cefb130b632496e5485242f3f374f3b8846800fb74fffd76dc2a0c726"
+
+EXTRA_OECONF += "--enable-tests --enable-maintainer-mode"
+CFLAGS += "-UUNITDIR -DUNITDIR="\\"./unit/\\"""
+
+do_compile:prepend() {
+    mkdir -p ${B}/unit
+}
+
+do_install_ptest() {
+    install -m755 -Dt ${D}${PTEST_PATH} $(find ${B}/unit -executable -type f)
+    install -Dt ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/unit \
+        ${S}/unit/dbus.conf \
+        ${S}/unit/settings.test \
+        $(find ${B}/unit -name \*.pem -type f)
+}
diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/ell/files/run-ptest b/meta/recipes-core/ell/files/run-ptest
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5b3acdd98b8a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/ell/files/run-ptest
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+ret_val=0
+
+for test in test-*; do
+    case "$test" in
+        test-pem | test-key)
+            if ! [ -d /sys/module/pkcs8_key_parser ]; then
+                echo "SKIP: $test"
+                continue
+            fi
+            ;;
+    esac
+
+    if "./$test" >> ell_test.log 2>&1; then
+        echo "PASS: $test"
+    else
+        echo "FAIL: $test"
+        ret_val=1
+    fi
+done
+
+exit $ret_val