diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/inotify-tools/inotify-tools/run-ptest b/meta-oe/recipes-support/inotify-tools/inotify-tools/run-ptest
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1bd51248d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/inotify-tools/inotify-tools/run-ptest
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# run-ptest for inotify-tools
+
+set -e
+
+# Run the test binary and capture output
+output=$(./test 2>&1)
+status=$?
+
+# Print the output for logging
+echo "$output"
+
+# Evaluate result based on exit code
+if [ $status -eq 0 ]; then
+    echo "All tests passed successfully."
+    exit 0
+else
+    echo "Test program exited with status $status."
+    echo "Some tests may have failed. See output above for details."
+    exit 1
+fi
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/inotify-tools/inotify-tools_3.22.6.0.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/inotify-tools/inotify-tools_3.22.6.0.bb
index 8a0ae17ad7..3629ce45b2 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/inotify-tools/inotify-tools_3.22.6.0.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/inotify-tools/inotify-tools_3.22.6.0.bb
@@ -10,11 +10,12 @@ SRC_URI = "git://github.com/${BPN}/${BPN};branch=master;protocol=https \
            file://0002-libinotifytools-Bridge-differences-between-musl-glib.patch \
            file://0002-configure-Add-AC_SYS_LARGEFILE-autoconf-macro.patch \
            file://0003-replace-stat64-lstat64-with-stat-lstat.patch \
+           file://run-ptest \
            "
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
 
-inherit autotools
+inherit autotools ptest
 
 EXTRA_OECONF = "--disable-doxygen"
 
@@ -25,3 +26,16 @@ CFLAGS += "-Wno-error"
 PACKAGES =+ "libinotifytools"
 
 FILES:libinotifytools = "${libdir}/lib*.so.*"
+
+do_compile_ptest() {
+        cd libinotifytools/src
+        oe_runmake
+        oe_runmake test
+}
+
+do_install_ptest() {
+    install -d ${D}${PTEST_PATH}
+    cp -r ${B}/libinotifytools/src/.libs/test ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/
+}
+
+FILES:${PN}-ptest += "${PTEST_PATH}"