diff --git a/meta/conf/distro/include/ptest-packagelists.inc b/meta/conf/distro/include/ptest-packagelists.inc
index 56088e4e66..5cbed54cc5 100644
--- a/meta/conf/distro/include/ptest-packagelists.inc
+++ b/meta/conf/distro/include/ptest-packagelists.inc
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ PTESTS_SLOW = "\
     tcl-ptest \
     util-linux-ptest \
     valgrind-ptest \
+    bc-ptest \
"
 PTESTS_SLOW:remove:riscv64 = "valgrind-ptest"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/bc/bc/run-ptest b/meta/recipes-extended/bc/bc/run-ptest
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7e37e9ef01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/bc/bc/run-ptest
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+cd ./bc_test
+if ./timetest; then
+     echo "PASS: bc/timetest"
+else
+     echo "FAIL: bc/timetest"
+fi
+
diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/bc/bc_1.07.1.bb b/meta/recipes-extended/bc/bc_1.07.1.bb
index 1bec76bb2a..9d439d9312 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/bc/bc_1.07.1.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/bc/bc_1.07.1.bb
@@ -15,11 +15,12 @@ DEPENDS = "flex-native"
SRC_URI = "${GNU_MIRROR}/${BPN}/${BP}.tar.gz \
            file://no-gen-libmath.patch \
            file://libmath.h \
-           file://0001-dc-fix-exit-code-of-q-command.patch"
+           file://0001-dc-fix-exit-code-of-q-command.patch \
+           file://run-ptest"
SRC_URI[md5sum] = "cda93857418655ea43590736fc3ca9fc"
SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "62adfca89b0a1c0164c2cdca59ca210c1d44c3ffc46daf9931cf4942664cb02a"
-inherit autotools texinfo update-alternatives
+inherit autotools texinfo update-alternatives ptest
 PACKAGECONFIG ??= "readline"
PACKAGECONFIG[readline] = "--with-readline,--without-readline,readline"
@@ -29,6 +30,29 @@ do_compile:prepend() {
     cp -f ${WORKDIR}/libmath.h ${B}/bc/libmath.h