diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/jq/jq/run-ptest b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/jq/jq/run-ptest
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0e4c707e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/jq/jq/run-ptest
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+for test in optionaltest mantest jqtest onigtest shtest utf8test base64test; do
+	./tests/${test}
+	if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+		echo "PASS: ${test}"
+	else
+		echo "FAIL: ${test}"
+	fi
+done
+
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/jq/jq_git.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/jq/jq_git.bb
index f69b435e5..c6634cd30 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/jq/jq_git.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/jq/jq_git.bb
@@ -12,11 +12,12 @@ PV = "1.6+git${SRCPV}"
 SRC_URI = "git://github.com/stedolan/jq;protocol=https;branch=master \
     file://0001-configure-Pass-_XOPEN_SOURCE-when-checking-for-strpt.patch \
     file://0002-builtin-Replace-_BSD_SOURCE-with-_DEFAULT_SOURCE.patch \
+    file://run-ptest \
     "
 SRCREV = "cff5336ec71b6fee396a95bb0e4bea365e0cd1e8"
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
 
-inherit autotools-brokensep
+inherit autotools-brokensep ptest
 
 PACKAGECONFIG ?= "oniguruma"
 
@@ -28,4 +29,12 @@ EXTRA_OECONF += " \
     --disable-valgrind \
 "
 
+do_install_ptest() {
+    cp -rf ${B}/tests ${D}${PTEST_PATH}
+    cp -rf ${B}/.libs ${D}${PTEST_PATH}
+    # libjq.so.* is packaged in the main jq component, so remove it from ptest
+    rm -f ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/.libs/libjq.so.*
+    ln -sf ${bindir}/jq ${D}${PTEST_PATH}
+}
+
 BBCLASSEXTEND = "native"