diff --git a/meta/conf/distro/include/ptest-packagelists.inc b/meta/conf/distro/include/ptest-packagelists.inc
index 2cbc5d39d6..a1f87517ce 100644
--- a/meta/conf/distro/include/ptest-packagelists.inc
+++ b/meta/conf/distro/include/ptest-packagelists.inc
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ PTESTS_FAST = "\
     nettle \
     npth \
     opkg \
+    patch \
     popt \
     procps \
     psmisc \
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/patch/patch.inc b/meta/recipes-devtools/patch/patch.inc
index ecbb070ec4..4b90ece07c 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/patch/patch.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/patch/patch.inc
@@ -8,11 +8,25 @@ HOMEPAGE = "http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/patch/"
 SRC_URI = "${GNU_MIRROR}/patch/patch-${PV}.tar.gz \
  	   file://CVE-2026-56289.patch \
  	   file://CVE-2026-56288.patch \
+ 	   file://run-ptest \
    	   "
 
 S = "${UNPACKDIR}/patch-${PV}"
 
-inherit autotools update-alternatives
+inherit autotools update-alternatives ptest
 
 ALTERNATIVE:${PN} = "patch"
 ALTERNATIVE_PRIORITY = "100"
+
+do_install_ptest() {
+    install -d ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/tests
+    install -m 0644 ${S}/tests/test-lib.sh ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/tests/
+    for t in $(cd ${S}/tests && ls); do
+        if [ -f ${S}/tests/$t ] && [ "$t" != "test-lib.sh" ] && \
+           [ "$t" != "Makefile.am" ] && [ "$t" != "Makefile.in" ]; then
+            install -m 0755 ${S}/tests/$t ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/tests/$t
+        fi
+    done
+}
+
+RDEPENDS:${PN}-ptest += "diffutils sed coreutils"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/patch/patch/run-ptest b/meta/recipes-devtools/patch/patch/run-ptest
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..dc7d9ae9ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/patch/patch/run-ptest
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+cd "$(dirname "$0")/tests" || exit 1
+
+PATCH="$(command -v patch)"
+srcdir="."
+abs_top_builddir="$(cd .. && pwd)"
+export PATCH srcdir abs_top_builddir
+
+XFAIL_TESTS="dash-o-append context-format"
+
+is_xfail() {
+    for x in $XFAIL_TESTS; do
+        [ "$1" = "$x" ] && return 0
+    done
+    return 1
+}
+
+for t in *; do
+    [ -f "$t" ] || continue
+    [ "$t" = "test-lib.sh" ] && continue
+
+    sh "$t" > "$t.log" 2>&1
+    rc=$?
+
+    if is_xfail "$t"; then
+        if [ "$rc" -eq 0 ]; then
+            echo "FAIL: $t (unexpected pass)"
+        else
+            echo "PASS: $t (expected failure)"
+        fi
+        continue
+    fi
+
+    case "$rc" in
+        0)  echo "PASS: $t" ;;
+        77) echo "SKIP: $t" ;;
+        *)  echo "FAIL: $t" ;;
+    esac
+done