diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/asio/asio/run-ptest b/meta-oe/recipes-support/asio/asio/run-ptest
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d37db0b31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/asio/asio/run-ptest
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+ptestdir=$(dirname "$(readlink -f "$0")")
+cd "$ptestdir"/tests || exit
+
+tests=$(find * -type f -executable)
+
+rm -rf test.log
+
+for f in $tests
+do
+    if test -x ./"$f"; then
+        if ./"$f" > test.log 2>&1; then
+            echo "PASS: $f"
+        else
+            echo "FAIL: $f"
+        fi
+    fi
+done
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/asio/asio_1.30.2.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/asio/asio_1.30.2.bb
index 6930381ec..ae0baadc6 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/asio/asio_1.30.2.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/asio/asio_1.30.2.bb
@@ -8,9 +8,11 @@ LICENSE = "BSL-1.0"
 
 DEPENDS = "openssl"
 
-SRC_URI = "${SOURCEFORGE_MIRROR}/asio/${BP}.tar.bz2"
+SRC_URI = "${SOURCEFORGE_MIRROR}/asio/${BP}.tar.bz2 \
+           file://run-ptest \
+"
 
-inherit autotools
+inherit autotools ptest
 
 ALLOW_EMPTY:${PN} = "1"
 
@@ -22,4 +24,16 @@ PACKAGECONFIG ??= "boost"
 
 PACKAGECONFIG[boost] = "--with-boost=${STAGING_LIBDIR},--without-boost,boost"
 
+TESTDIR = "src/tests"
+do_compile_ptest() {
+    echo 'buildtest-TESTS: $(check_PROGRAMS)' >> ${TESTDIR}/Makefile
+    oe_runmake -C ${TESTDIR} buildtest-TESTS
+}
+
+do_install_ptest() {
+    install -d ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/tests
+    # copy executables
+    find ${B}/${TESTDIR}/unit -type f -executable -exec cp {} ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/tests/ \;
+}
+
 BBCLASSEXTEND = "native nativesdk"