diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/memtool/memtool/run-ptest b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/memtool/memtool/run-ptest
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 Bosch Sicherheitssysteme GmbH
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+
+fail_count=0
+all_count=0
+
+for test_suite in tests/test_*
+do
+    if "./$test_suite"
+    then
+        echo "PASS: $test_suite"
+    else
+        echo "FAIL: $test_suite"
+        fail_count=$((fail_count + 1))
+    fi
+    all_count=$((all_count + 1))
+done
+
+if [ $fail_count -eq 0 ]
+then
+    echo "PASS: All $all_count tests passed"
+else
+    echo "FAIL: $fail_count of $all_count tests failed"
+fi
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/memtool/memtool/test_read_write_plainfiles.sh b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/memtool/memtool/test_read_write_plainfiles.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 Bosch Sicherheitssysteme GmbH
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+
+# This script verifies the behavior of memtool against plain files.
+
+readonly PLAIN_FILE=$(mktemp)
+FAIL_COUNT=0
+
+setup() {
+	echo "Hello World!" >"$PLAIN_FILE"
+}
+
+teardown() {
+	rm "$PLAIN_FILE"
+}
+
+verify() {
+	ACTUAL=$1
+	EXPECTED=$2
+	TEST_NAME=$3
+
+	if [ "$ACTUAL" = "$EXPECTED" ]; then
+		echo "pass: $TEST_NAME"
+	else
+		echo "FAIL: $TEST_NAME"
+		echo "  Expected: $EXPECTED"
+		echo "  Actual: $ACTUAL"
+		FAIL_COUNT=$((FAIL_COUNT + 1))
+	fi
+}
+
+# Test Case: Verifies that the expected string of bytes is read from a plain file starting from
+# the offset 6 and reading 6 bytes.
+test_memtool_read() {
+	EXPECTED="00000006: 57 6f 72 6c 64 21                                  World!"
+	ACTUAL=$(memtool md -s "$PLAIN_FILE" -b 0x6+6)
+	verify "$ACTUAL" "$EXPECTED" "memtool read from plain file"
+}
+
+# Test Case 2: Verifies that the expected string of bytes is written to a plain file starting from
+# and then read the result.
+test_memtool_write() {
+	# Usage of 'od' ensures correct endianess.
+	readonly replace_str_bytes=$(echo "Yocto!" | od -t d4 -A n)
+
+	# shellcheck disable=SC2086 # We want to pass the bytes as separate arguments.
+	memtool mw -d "$PLAIN_FILE" 0x6+6 $replace_str_bytes
+
+	EXPECTED="00000006: 59 6f 63 74 6f 21                                  Yocto!"
+	ACTUAL=$(memtool md -s "$PLAIN_FILE" -b 0x6+6)
+	verify "$ACTUAL" "$EXPECTED" "memtool write to plain file"
+}
+
+for test_case in $(declare -F | grep test_memtool_ | cut -f 3 -d ' '); do
+	setup
+	$test_case
+	teardown
+done
+
+if [ $FAIL_COUNT -eq 0 ]; then
+	echo "Test Passed: memtool plain file read/write functionality is correct."
+	exit 0
+else
+	echo "Test FAILED: memtool plain file read/write functionality is incorrect. Check the logs."
+	exit 1
+fi
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/memtool/memtool_2018.03.0.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/memtool/memtool_2018.03.0.bb
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+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/memtool/memtool_2018.03.0.bb
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+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 Bosch Sicherheitssysteme GmbH
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+
+SUMMARY = "A tool to manipulate and read memory mapped registers"
+DESCRIPTION = "memtool is a program that allows to access memory mapped registers. This is useful \
+to inspect and modify registers from the command line. memtool can also operate on plain files, \
+and access PHY registers."
+HOMEPAGE = "https://github.com/pengutronix/memtool"
+BUGTRACKER = "https://github.com/pengutronix/memtool/issues"
+SECTION = "devtool"
+
+LICENSE = "GPL-2.0-only"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=b234ee4d69f5fce4486a80fdaf4a4263"
+
+SRC_URI = " \
+    http://www.pengutronix.de/software/memtool/downloads/memtool-${PV}.tar.xz \
+    file://run-ptest \
+    file://test_read_write_plainfiles.sh \
+"
+
+SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "87cb7175266ff3a00a9c1f541c4c6c93693ffbe8dcc0d97a60d13c45ff860900"
+
+inherit autotools ptest
+
+do_install_ptest () {
+    install -d ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/tests
+    install -m 0755 ${UNPACKDIR}/test_* ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/tests
+}
+
+RDEPENDS:${PN}-ptest += "bash coreutils"